light

1. (transitive)To start (a fire).

   We lit the fire to get some heat.

   anzünden, anstecken, anmachen

   зажига́тьzažigátʹ, заже́чьzažéčʹ, разжига́тьrazžigátʹ

   запа́люватиzapáljuvaty, запали́тиzapalýty

   start or maintain a fire in

2. (transitive)To set fire to; to set burning.

   She lit her last match.

   anzünden

   cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat

3. (transitive)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.

   19th century', Frederic Harrison, The Fortnightly Review One hundred years ago, to have lit this theatre as brilliantly as it is now lighted would have cost, I suppose, fifty pounds.

   beleuchten, anstrahlen

   освеща́тьosveščátʹ, освети́тьosvetítʹ

4. (intransitive)To become ignited; to take fire.

   This soggy match will not light.

5. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.

6. (transitive)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.

7. To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.

8. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.

9. (broadly)To leave; to depart.

10. To find by chance.

    I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.

11. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.

12. (archaic)To alight; to land or come down.

    She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.

    1957, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), The Cat in the Hat And our fish came down, too. He fell into a pot! He said, "Do I like this? Oh, no! I do not. This is not a good game," Said our fish as he lit.

    alight from (a horse)

1. Will you give me a light?

   У вас є запальничка? — aandrusiak

   ruУ тебя есть зажигалка? — mutternoise

   deHast du Feuer? — Dejo

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2. Do you have any light beer?

   У Вас є світле пиво? — ChickenKiev

   ruУ Вас есть светлое пиво? — o_my_gosh

   deHaben Sie helles Bier? — maaster

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3. Turn left at the first light.

   Поверни наліво на першому світлофорі. — deniko

   ruПоверни налево на первом светофоре. — Lili691

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4. I didn't turn off the light.

   Я не вимкнув світло. — shanghainese

   ruЯ не погасил свет. — Maksimo

   deIch habe das Licht nicht ausgeschaltet. — MUIRIEL

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5. All plants need water and light.

   Всім рослинам потрібна вода і світло. — deniko

   ruВсем растениям нужны вода и свет. — marafon

   deAlle Pflanzen brauchen Wasser und Licht. — Wolf

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irregular · Lesson

• light upдогоджати, годитиTo illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
• light outпропустити, пропускатиTo go away or depart, especially in haste or without notice.
• light intoкритикуватиTo set upon or attack.
• light offTo light the fire on a gas boiler to turn it on.
• light onSynonym of light upon.
• light downTo dismount; to get off.
• light alongTo lift or carry anything along the deck; to help in hauling along.