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41Lighten — Освещать; Убавлять (вес, нагрузку) …
42lighten up — Selling some part of a stock or bond position in a portfolio to realize capital gains or to losses or increase cash assets. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …
43Lighten — This name is of English locational origin from amy of the various places thus called. These places include Layton, east of Blackpool in Lancashire, recorded as latun in the Domesday Book of 1086, and East and West Layton in the North Riding of… …
44lighten — Synonyms and related words: abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attemper, attenuate, bank the fire, be light, beacon, blunt, break, brighten, brighten up, chasten, cheer up, constrain, control, damp, dampen, dawn, de emphasize, deaden, dilute,… …
45lighten — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make lighter] Syn. unburden, disburden, make lighter, reduce the load of, lessen the weight of, uplift, buoy up, mitigate, levitate, alleviate, make less burdensome, disencumber, take off a load, remove, take from, pour… …
46lighten — light·en || laɪtn v. make lighter; lessen the weight or load; relieve of worry; become lighter; become less heavy; become cheerful; illuminate; brighten; make a color lighter …
47lighten up — relax, take things easy, calm down; cheer up …
48lighten — lighten1 verb 1》 make or become lighter in weight. 2》 make or become less serious. lighten2 verb 1》 make or become lighter or brighter. 2》 (it lightens, it is lightening, etc.) rare flash with lightning. 3》 archaic enlighten spiritually …
49lighten — I. v. n. 1. Flash (said of lightning). 2. Grow lighter, brighten, clear off. II. v. a. 1. Illuminate, irradiate, illume, light. 2. Enlighten, fill with knowledge or wisdom, illumine. 3. [With forth.] …
50lighten — I v 1. illuminate, brighten, light up; illumine, Archaic. illume, Obs. enlumine; irradiate, radiate, shine, beam, cast light upon; blaze, burn, glow, luminesce, incandesce, phosphoresce; shimmer, sparkle, scintillate, glitter, gleam; flash,… …
