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21lighten — verb Lighten is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑mood, ↑sky Lighten is used with these nouns as the object: ↑atmosphere, ↑burden, ↑load, ↑mood, ↑tone, ↑workload …
22lighten — {{11}}lighten (1) to make less heavy, figuratively to make cheerful, mid 14c., verb from LIGHT (Cf. light) (adj.1) + EN (Cf. en) (1). {{12}}lighten (2) shed light upon, illuminate, brighten, early 14c., verb from LIGHT (Cf …
23lighten up — PHRASAL VERB If someone tells you to lighten up, they think you should be less serious and make an effort to be more relaxed and happy. [V P] Come on, this is a party. Lighten up …
24lighten up — to be less serious about something. People are usually relieved when they re given a chance to lighten up. Usage notes: often used as an order: When she complained that these people were being treated badly, he told her, “Lighten up.” Related… …
25lighten — I light•en [[t]ˈlaɪt n[/t]] v. i. 1) to become lighter or less dark; brighten 2) to brighten or light up, as the eyes or features 3) to flash as or like lightning 4) archaic to shine, gleam, or be bright 5) to give light to; illuminate 6) to… …
26lighten — I. /ˈlaɪtn/ (say luytn) verb (i) 1. to become lighter or less dark; brighten. 2. to shine, gleam, or be bright. 3. to flash as or like lightning. 4. to brighten or light up, as the face, eyes, etc. –verb (t) 5. to illuminate. 6. to brighten (the… …
27lighten up — verb To become less serious and more cheerful or casual; to relax. I wish hed lighten up a bit and realize that we were only joking …
28lighten up — vb to relax or take things less seriously, calm down and/or cheer up. This expression moved from US parlance into the rest of the English speaking world in the early 1980s. ► Lighten up will ya do you have to take the fun out of everything?… …
29lighten up — relax, do not be so serious Lighten up, Charles. Try to see the humor in life …
30lighten — I verb 1) the first touch of dawn lightened the sky Syn: make lighter, make brighter, brighten, light up, illuminate, throw/cast light on, shine on, irradiate; literary illumine, illume Ant: darken 2) he used lemon juice to lighte …
