To start (a fire).
We lit the fire to get some heat.
To set fire to; to set burning.
She lit her last match.
To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.
To become ignited; to take fire.
This soggy match will not light.
To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
Light the extra ball by amassing 500 million points in the wizard mode.
Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.
Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
She had light skin.
(of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
I like my coffee light.
To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
Having little or relatively little actual weight; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
a light load ; a lighter backpack after having removed the books ; light weapons
Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
feathers and cork are light ; oil is lighter than water
Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
to issue light coin
Lacking that which burdens or makes heavy.
Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
a light bread ; sponge cake is a light cake
Gentle; having little force or momentum.
This artist clearly had a light, flowing touch.
Easy to endure or perform.
light duties around the house
Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
This light beer still gets you drunk if you have enough of it.
Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
I made some light comment, and we moved on.
Unchaste, wanton.
Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
a light, vain person; a light mind
Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
Ogden Nash was a writer of light verse.
Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
Easily interrupted by stimulation.
light sleep; light anesthesia
To find by chance.
I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.
To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
To alight; to land or come down.
She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.