The word light used as a verb

How do you use the word light as a verb?

give light

1. be lit (by something) At night the hall was lit by candles.
2. a dimly lit street.
3. a brightly lit room.
4. light something They use lanterns to light the room.
5. the lighted windows of the house.

What light means?

Light is a source of illumination, whether a natural one (like the sun) or an artificial one (like your lamp). Like light itself, the word can take a lot of different forms — it can be a noun, an adjective, or a verb, and it can mean “bright” or “not heavy”.

What is light in simple word?

Light is a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength which can be detected by the human eye. It is a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum and radiation given off by stars like the sun. Animals can also see light. The study of light, known as optics, is an important research area in modern physics.

What are 3 sources of light?

Natural sources of light include the sun, stars, fire, and electricity in storms. There are even some animals and plants that can create their own light, such as fireflies, jellyfish, and mushrooms. This is called bioluminescence. Artificial light is created by humans.

What is light summary?

Light is a transverse, electromagnetic wave that can be seen by the typical human. Like all electromagnetic waves, light can travel through a vacuum. The transverse nature of light can be demonstrated through polarization.

Why is light so important?

Earth has been bathed with light from the Sun ever since; it is our most important source of energy. Sunlight warms us, causes weather patterns, allows plants to manufacture oxygen and our food from carbon dioxide and water, and it allows us to find our way around in the daytime!

What is the best definition of light?

1a : something that makes vision possible. b : the sensation aroused by stimulation of the visual receptors. c : electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength that travels in a vacuum with a speed of 299,792,458 meters (about 186,000 miles) per second specifically : such radiation that is visible to the human eye.

How do light affect our daily life?

When light biologically impacts us, it can improve or disrupt our sleep, cognition and overall wellbeing. It can improve mood and stabilize our circadian rhythms, helping us get a better and deeper nights sleep.

How is light energy used in everyday life?

How is light energy used? Light energy is used to help us see – either naturally using the Sun or fire, or with manmade objects like candles or lightbulbs. Light energy is also used by plants, which capture the light energy from the Sun and use it to produce their food.

How do we use light in everyday life?

It helps plants to make food and grow. It is used in power satellites and space stations. It is used in many electronic appliances. The energy of light from the sun can be harvested to solar panels and can be used for domestic use since it is eco-friendly and cost effective too.

What are the 5 uses of light?

Uses of Light Energy

• Food formation.
• Growth of the human body.
• Regulation of Physiology.
• Sight and vision.
• Heat and temperature.
• Drying & evaporation.
• For speed regulation.
• Source of electrical energy.

What is light and where does it come from?

An explanation of where light comes from and how shadows are created. Light is produced from light sources such as a lamp, a candle or the Sun. Light travels away from a light source until it meets an object. When something blocks light travelling from a source, a shadow is made.

What are the 2 types of light energy?

Light energy comes in many different forms, including:

• Visible light.
• Infrared waves.
• X-rays.
• Ultraviolet light.
• Gamma rays.
• Radio waves.
• Microwaves.

What are the two types of light?

There are two basic types of light sources: Incandescence and Luminescence.

What are the 3 uses of visible light?

Aside from sight, there are other important uses for visible light. We concentrate visible light to make lasers to use in everything from surgery, to CD players to laser pointers. Visible light waves also make our TV, computer and cell phone screens work.

Why is light energy important to us?

Why is light energy important? Light energy affects water temperature, biological processes (such as the relationship between predators and prey) and plant photosynthesis and growth.

Does light have energy?

Light has no mass so it also has no energy according to Einstein, but how can sunlight warm the earth without energy? Light indeed carries energy via its momentum despite having no mass.

Is light important to ecosystems?

The two most important climatic factors for ecosystems are sunlight and water. Sunlight is necessary for plants to grow, and to provide energy to warm the earth’s atmosphere. Light intensity controls plant growth. Light duration affects plant flowering and animal/insect habits.

What is light energy example?

Sunlight is the best example for light energy. There are many example we see in our routine life carrying light energy like lightened candle, flash light, fire, Electric bulb, kerosene lamp, stars and other luminous bodies etc. Each act as a source of light. Even a burning candle is an example for light energy.

What are the 8 sources of light?

Examples of natural sources of light

• Sun.
• Stars.
• Lightning.
• Fireflies.
• Glowworms.
• Jellyfish.
• Angler fish.
• Viperfish.

What light energy means?

Definition. noun. A form of energy consisting of particle-like photons with wavelike properties, and in which affects the physiology of organism, e.g. through sense of sight, photosynthesis, etc.

How do you teach light energy?

5 Ideas to Teach Light

1. Go on a Light Hunt. Students look around the room to find examples of items (mediums) that transmit, reflect, refract, and absorb light.
2. Hands-On Vocabulary Lessons. I adore these 2 lessons from my Hands-On Science Vocabulary.
3. Small Group Science.
4. MUST-HAVE Observation Stations.
5. Periscope Challenge.

What can we learn from light?

Light can carry both energy and information. It both is the way the sun delivers energy to the world, making life possible, and it is a very important way that we learn about the world, through our sense of sight. The sense of sight is greatly enriched by the perception of color.

How does light travel from its source?

Light waves travel out from their source in straight lines called rays. Rays do not curve around corners, so when they hit an opaque object (one that does not allow light to pass through it), they are blocked from reaching the other side of that object.

Is light matter for Kids?

Light has no mass and is not really considered matter. Today scientists say light is a form of energy made of photons. Light is unique in that it behaves like both a particle and a wave.

It’s this time of year again: Windows, streets and shops are lit with Christmas lights; we light candles and fires; and travelling light can get difficult as we bring and receive presents.

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The noun

As a noun, light can be uncountable (which means it has no plural) or countable. 

• As an uncountable noun, light describes the brightness that comes from asource like the sun, a fire or a lamp.
  There’s sunlight, moonlight, daylight…
• The countable noun denominates a piece of equipment that produces light, such as a lamp, or a bulb.
  There are traffic lights, headlights, fairy lights, and in this season, Christmas lights…

Related words

The adjective / adverb

Light as an adjective is the opposite of several other adjectives: dark, heavy, thick, serious, deep…

• Something, e.g. a present, a suitcase or a person, can be light / lightweight or heavy.
• If you can hear some light footsteps outside, it might be an elf; if you hear heavy footsteps, it may be Father Christmas (aka Santa Claus) himself!
• Wearing a light sweater may be enough to keep you warm indoors, but you may want to wear a thick jumper outdoors.

  

• In the northern hemisphere, it gets light much later at Christmas time than in the summer, and it gets dark much earlier in the afternoon.
• Ideally, we should have a light meal for dinner as opposed to Christmas, when we often have too much and too heavy food.
• In order to shed those extra kilos, how about some light exercise, before going on to moderate or more vigorous exercise?
• For the holidays, I prefer some light reading, nothing too serious.
• Sleep can be light as opposed to heavy or deep.
• Hopefully over Christmas you only do some light work; leave the heavy work for later.

Some idioms and expressions

• Streets and shops are beautifully lit at Christmastime.

  To be lit also has a slang meaning, though:
  It can mean intoxicated (under the influence of alcohol), but also exciting or excellent.

He was getting lit.
That party was lit!

• A place can be alight with candles.
• When someone makes light of something they behave as if it’s not a problem, not serious or important.
• We travel light when we just take a trolley or a carry-on bag.
• When someone gets off lightly, they are not punished very severely.
• Something that is enlightening gives us more information or understanding of something.
• The present was big, but as light as a feather.
  
• When we feel light-headed, we feel dizzy from standing up too fast, so be careful these days.
• I really hope your Christmas holidays are light-hearted: free from anxiety or seriousness.

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Hopefully this post has shed some light on the word light for you! Let me know if you need help finding the three light-related words in the song.

The verb

• As a verb, light means to make something start to burn; to illuminate.
• It is irregular: light – lit – lit, but there’s also a regular version: light – lighted – lighted.

  We can light a fire, a match, a cigarette…
  The shiny nose of Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer lights the way for Santa’s sleigh.
  (Here’s a link to the song – with lyrics – that tells the story. See if you can find two adjectives and a verb that are related to the topic of this post. Enjoy!)

A phrasal verb, and another related verb

• Phrasal verb: light up
  
  • When something lights up or is lit up, it becomes bright with light or colour.
  On New Year’s Eve, thousands of fireworks light up the sky.
  • When we feel animated or joyful, our eyes or faces light up.
  The children’s faces lit up when they saw the presents.

  • To light up is a colloquial term for lighting a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
  She reached for her packet of cigarettes and lit up.

• What’s the difference between to light and to light up?
  Both verbs are often synonymous. The particle up can add more emphasis.
  Thousands of fireworks lit the sky. Thousands of fireworks lit up the sky.
  
  Please note, however, that we cannot say their faces lit, or she took a cigarette and lit (see the entry above).

• The verb to enlighten means to provide information and understanding, or to explain the true facts about something.
  I’m not sure I understand. Please enlighten me.

The adjective / adverb

Light as an adjective is the opposite of several other adjectives: dark, heavy, thick, serious, deep…

• Something, e.g. a present, a suitcase or a person, can be light / lightweight or heavy.
• If you can hear some light footsteps outside, it might be an elf; if you hear heavy footsteps, it may be Father Christmas (aka Santa Claus) himself!
• Wearing a light sweater may be enough to keep you warm indoors, but you may want to wear a thick jumper outdoors.

  

• In the northern hemisphere, it gets light much later at Christmas time than in the summer, and it gets dark much earlier in the afternoon.
• Ideally, we should have a light meal for dinner as opposed to Christmas, when we often have too much and too heavy food.
• In order to shed those extra kilos, how about some light exercise, before going on to moderate or more vigorous exercise?
• For the holidays, I prefer some light reading, nothing too serious.
• Sleep can be light as opposed to heavy or deep.
• Hopefully over Christmas you only do some light work; leave the heavy work for later.

Some idioms and expressions

• Streets and shops are beautifully lit at Christmastime.

  To be lit also has a slang meaning, though:
  It can mean intoxicated (under the influence of alcohol), but also exciting or excellent.

He was getting lit.
That party was lit!

• A place can be alight with candles.
• When someone makes light of something they behave as if it’s not a problem, not serious or important.
• We travel light when we just take a trolley or a carry-on bag.
• When someone gets off lightly, they are not punished very severely.
• Something that is enlightening gives us more information or understanding of something.
• The present was big, but as light as a feather.
  
• When we feel light-headed, we feel dizzy from standing up too fast, so be careful these days.
• I really hope your Christmas holidays are light-hearted: free from anxiety or seriousness.

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Hopefully this post has shed some light on the word light for you! Let me know if you need help finding the three light-related words in the song.

• Light can be visible as a beam or a ray of light. It can shine, burn, blink, flicker…Light can be bright, soft, blinding, faint, pale… It can be fluorescent, ultraviolet…Lights come on when they are switched on. They go out when they are extinguished, or when the power fails.

A few more nouns

• The word enlightenment describes the state of understanding something.
  During the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century, important ideas were

• based on reason and science rather than on dogma and beliefs.

• We can produce a flame with a lighter. 

• During a storm, you can see lightning flash across the sky.

Some idioms and expressions

• When we bring to light something hidden, it becomes known: it comes to light.
  She brought the real facts to light in an interview.
  The real facts came to light in the interview.
• We can cast / shed / throw light on something that was unclear to make it clear.
  The study has cast light on how our ancestors used to live.
• When someone falls asleep immediately, or loses consciousness, they go out like a light.
  She got under the blanket and went out like a light.
• After we have been through the worst of a situation, we start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
  I’ve been working on a translation all year; now I can finally see the end of the tunnel.
• When we receive permission for a project, we get the green light. 
  We need to get the green light from Human Resources before we can start hiring.
• “The lights are on, but nobody’s home”
  A humorous comment on someone that isn’t very intelligent of lacks awareness. 🙂

The verb

• As a verb, light means to make something start to burn; to illuminate.
• It is irregular: light – lit – lit, but there’s also a regular version: light – lighted – lighted.

  We can light a fire, a match, a cigarette…
  The shiny nose of Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer lights the way for Santa’s sleigh.
  (Here’s a link to the song – with lyrics – that tells the story. See if you can find two adjectives and a verb that are related to the topic of this post. Enjoy!)

A phrasal verb, and another related verb

• Phrasal verb: light up
  
  • When something lights up or is lit up, it becomes bright with light or colour.
  On New Year’s Eve, thousands of fireworks light up the sky.
  • When we feel animated or joyful, our eyes or faces light up.
  The children’s faces lit up when they saw the presents.

  • To light up is a colloquial term for lighting a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
  She reached for her packet of cigarettes and lit up.

• What’s the difference between to light and to light up?
  Both verbs are often synonymous. The particle up can add more emphasis.
  Thousands of fireworks lit the sky. Thousands of fireworks lit up the sky.
  
  Please note, however, that we cannot say their faces lit, or she took a cigarette and lit (see the entry above).

• The verb to enlighten means to provide information and understanding, or to explain the true facts about something.
  I’m not sure I understand. Please enlighten me.

The adjective / adverb

Light as an adjective is the opposite of several other adjectives: dark, heavy, thick, serious, deep…

• Something, e.g. a present, a suitcase or a person, can be light / lightweight or heavy.
• If you can hear some light footsteps outside, it might be an elf; if you hear heavy footsteps, it may be Father Christmas (aka Santa Claus) himself!
• Wearing a light sweater may be enough to keep you warm indoors, but you may want to wear a thick jumper outdoors.

  

• In the northern hemisphere, it gets light much later at Christmas time than in the summer, and it gets dark much earlier in the afternoon.
• Ideally, we should have a light meal for dinner as opposed to Christmas, when we often have too much and too heavy food.
• In order to shed those extra kilos, how about some light exercise, before going on to moderate or more vigorous exercise?
• For the holidays, I prefer some light reading, nothing too serious.
• Sleep can be light as opposed to heavy or deep.
• Hopefully over Christmas you only do some light work; leave the heavy work for later.

Some idioms and expressions

• Streets and shops are beautifully lit at Christmastime.

  To be lit also has a slang meaning, though:
  It can mean intoxicated (under the influence of alcohol), but also exciting or excellent.

He was getting lit.
That party was lit!

• A place can be alight with candles.
• When someone makes light of something they behave as if it’s not a problem, not serious or important.
• We travel light when we just take a trolley or a carry-on bag.
• When someone gets off lightly, they are not punished very severely.
• Something that is enlightening gives us more information or understanding of something.
• The present was big, but as light as a feather.
  
• When we feel light-headed, we feel dizzy from standing up too fast, so be careful these days.
• I really hope your Christmas holidays are light-hearted: free from anxiety or seriousness.

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Hopefully this post has shed some light on the word light for you! Let me know if you need help finding the three light-related words in the song.

• Light can be visible as a beam or a ray of light. It can shine, burn, blink, flicker…Light can be bright, soft, blinding, faint, pale… It can be fluorescent, ultraviolet…Lights come on when they are switched on. They go out when they are extinguished, or when the power fails.

A few more nouns

• The word enlightenment describes the state of understanding something.
  During the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century, important ideas were

• based on reason and science rather than on dogma and beliefs.

• We can produce a flame with a lighter. 

• During a storm, you can see lightning flash across the sky.

Some idioms and expressions

• When we bring to light something hidden, it becomes known: it comes to light.
  She brought the real facts to light in an interview.
  The real facts came to light in the interview.
• We can cast / shed / throw light on something that was unclear to make it clear.
  The study has cast light on how our ancestors used to live.
• When someone falls asleep immediately, or loses consciousness, they go out like a light.
  She got under the blanket and went out like a light.
• After we have been through the worst of a situation, we start to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
  I’ve been working on a translation all year; now I can finally see the end of the tunnel.
• When we receive permission for a project, we get the green light. 
  We need to get the green light from Human Resources before we can start hiring.
• “The lights are on, but nobody’s home”
  A humorous comment on someone that isn’t very intelligent of lacks awareness. 🙂

The verb

• As a verb, light means to make something start to burn; to illuminate.
• It is irregular: light – lit – lit, but there’s also a regular version: light – lighted – lighted.

  We can light a fire, a match, a cigarette…
  The shiny nose of Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer lights the way for Santa’s sleigh.
  (Here’s a link to the song – with lyrics – that tells the story. See if you can find two adjectives and a verb that are related to the topic of this post. Enjoy!)

A phrasal verb, and another related verb

• Phrasal verb: light up
  
  • When something lights up or is lit up, it becomes bright with light or colour.
  On New Year’s Eve, thousands of fireworks light up the sky.
  • When we feel animated or joyful, our eyes or faces light up.
  The children’s faces lit up when they saw the presents.

  • To light up is a colloquial term for lighting a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
  She reached for her packet of cigarettes and lit up.

• What’s the difference between to light and to light up?
  Both verbs are often synonymous. The particle up can add more emphasis.
  Thousands of fireworks lit the sky. Thousands of fireworks lit up the sky.
  
  Please note, however, that we cannot say their faces lit, or she took a cigarette and lit (see the entry above).

• The verb to enlighten means to provide information and understanding, or to explain the true facts about something.
  I’m not sure I understand. Please enlighten me.

The adjective / adverb

Light as an adjective is the opposite of several other adjectives: dark, heavy, thick, serious, deep…

• Something, e.g. a present, a suitcase or a person, can be light / lightweight or heavy.
• If you can hear some light footsteps outside, it might be an elf; if you hear heavy footsteps, it may be Father Christmas (aka Santa Claus) himself!
• Wearing a light sweater may be enough to keep you warm indoors, but you may want to wear a thick jumper outdoors.

  

• In the northern hemisphere, it gets light much later at Christmas time than in the summer, and it gets dark much earlier in the afternoon.
• Ideally, we should have a light meal for dinner as opposed to Christmas, when we often have too much and too heavy food.
• In order to shed those extra kilos, how about some light exercise, before going on to moderate or more vigorous exercise?
• For the holidays, I prefer some light reading, nothing too serious.
• Sleep can be light as opposed to heavy or deep.
• Hopefully over Christmas you only do some light work; leave the heavy work for later.

Some idioms and expressions

• Streets and shops are beautifully lit at Christmastime.

  To be lit also has a slang meaning, though:
  It can mean intoxicated (under the influence of alcohol), but also exciting or excellent.

He was getting lit.
That party was lit!

• A place can be alight with candles.
• When someone makes light of something they behave as if it’s not a problem, not serious or important.
• We travel light when we just take a trolley or a carry-on bag.
• When someone gets off lightly, they are not punished very severely.
• Something that is enlightening gives us more information or understanding of something.
• The present was big, but as light as a feather.
  
• When we feel light-headed, we feel dizzy from standing up too fast, so be careful these days.
• I really hope your Christmas holidays are light-hearted: free from anxiety or seriousness.

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Hopefully this post has shed some light on the word light for you! Let me know if you need help finding the three light-related words in the song.

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The dictionary is based on the amazing Wiktionary project by wikimedia. I initially started with WordNet, but then realised that it was missing many types of words/lemma (determiners, pronouns, abbreviations, and many more). This caused me to investigate the 1913 edition of Websters Dictionary — which is now in the public domain. However, after a day’s work wrangling it into a database I realised that there were far too many errors (especially with the part-of-speech tagging) for it to be viable for Word Type.

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Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: the UBY project (mentioned above), @mongodb and express.js.

Currently, this is based on a version of wiktionary which is a few years old. I plan to update it to a newer version soon and that update should bring in a bunch of new word senses for many words (or more accurately, lemma).

The English verb ‘light’ is pronounced as [laɪt].
Related to:
irregular verbs.

3 forms of verb light: Infinitive (light), Past Simple — (lit), Past Participle — (lit).

Here are the past tense forms of the verb light

👉 Forms of verb light in future and past simple and past participle.
❓ What is the past tense of light.

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle
light [laɪt]	lit [lɪt] lighted [laɪtɪd]	lit [lɪt] lighted [laɪtɪd]

What are the 2nd and 3rd forms of the verb light?

🎓 What are the past simple, future simple, present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect forms of the base form (infinitive) ‘light‘?

Learn the three forms of the English verb ‘light’

• the first form (V1) is ‘light’ used in present simple and future simple tenses.
• the second form (V2) is ‘lit’,
  ‘lighted’

  used in past simple tense.

• the third form (V3) is
  ‘lit’,
  ‘lighted’

  used in present perfect and past perfect tenses.

What are the past tense and past participle of light?

The past tense and past participle of light are:
light in past simple is

lit,
lighted,

and past participle is

lit.
lighted.

What is the past tense of light?

The past tense of the verb «light» is «lit», or
«lighted»,

and the past participle is
«lit» or
«lighted».

Verb Tenses

Past simple — light in past simple lit,
lighted
(V2).

Future simple — light in future simple is light (will + V1).

Present Perfect — light in present perfect tense is
lit,
lighted
(have/has + V3).

Past Perfect — light in past perfect tense is
lit,
lighted

(had + V3).

light regular or irregular verb?

👉 Is ‘light’ a regular or irregular verb? The verb ‘light’ is irregular verb.

Examples of Verb light in Sentences

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  She lights candles in the evening

  (Present Simple)

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  We lit a hill

  (Past Simple)

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  He gave him a light

  (Past Simple)

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  Then he lights a cigarette with the candle flame and gives it to Patrick.

  (Present Simple)

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  She lights up a room when she enters it

  (Present Simple)

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  She discovers the thermostat isn’t working, so she lights a fire

  (Past Simple)

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  The whole place was lighted with profuse torches giving it an impressive ‘primitive’ ambiance

  (Past Simple)

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  Who will light a candle for the future?

  (Present Simple)

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  He will light your path, provide simple instructions

  (Future Simple)

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  You have found your brother, and you will light each other’s way

  (Present Perfect)

Along with light, words are popular

change

and split.