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lighten::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | buoy up, lighten up |
| Type of | cheer |
the conversation lightened me up a bit.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | lighten up |
| Type of | change |
| Has types | illuminate, irradiate, light up, light, illumine, illume |
The room lightened up.
lighten::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | brighten, lighten up |
| Type of | alter, change, modify |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | buoy up, lighten up |
| Type of | chirk up, cheer, cheer up |
after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit.
Examples of lighten
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This should enhance your overall return significantly and lighten your tax load.
From the forbes.com
But America's regulators are too uneasy about the Basel 2 project to lighten up.
From the economist.com
But Emery didn't invest all that money in Bennett to lighten up the locker room.
From the suntimes.com
Monroe is fortunate to be surrounded by other good guards that lighten the load.
From the dailyherald.com
It is a bleaching agent that is applied to darker areas of skin to lighten them.
From the chron.com
Add a scoop of the meringue to the almond-apple mixture, stirring to lighten it.
From the npr.org
One trick with egg-based sauces is to lighten them with a little whipped cream.
From the thenewstribune.com
Now with Rush being on the Hank Haney Project, I have to lighten up on him a bit.
From the washingtontimes.com
Stir about a third of the whipped cream into the mascarpone mixture to lighten.
From the kentucky.com
- Make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"
- Reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"
- Brighten: make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"
- Relieve: alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"
- (lightening) descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped
- (lightening) whitening: changing to a lighter color
- (Lightening) Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. ...
- (lightening) The sensation caused by the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity before the onset of labour; The removal of cargo (especially crude oil) from a vessel in order to reduce its draft
- (Lightening) When the baby drops in preparation for delivery (Engagement).
