Meaning

1 senses
  1. (childish, impersonal, nonstandard)To produce lightning.

Examples

268 sentences
  1. The tree was struck by lightning.

    В дерево вдарила блискавка. — rmdas

    ruВ дерево ударила молния. — Hellerick

    deDer Baum ist vom Blitz getroffen worden. — Sudajaengi

  2. The tree in front of the library was struck by lightning.

    У дерево перед бібліотекало вдарила блискавка. — deniko

    ruВ дерево перед библиотекой ударила молния. — Selena777

    deIn den Baum vor der Bibliothek hat der Blitz eingeschlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I'm at the hospital. I got struck by lightning.

    Я в лікарні. У мене влучила блискавка. — deniko

    ruЯ в больнице. В меня попала молния. — paul_lingvo

    deIch bin im Krankenhaus. Ich wurde vom Blitz getroffen. — MUIRIEL

  4. Tom was killed by lightning.

    Фому вбило блискавкою. — shanghainese

    ruТома убила молния. — kobylkin

    deTom wurde vom Blitz erschlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom was hit by lightning.

    Тома вдарила блискавка. — deniko

    ruТома ударила молния. — marafon

    deTom wurde vom Blitz getroffen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.

From light(e)n + -ing. Doublet of lightening.

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Forms

lightnings, lightninging, lightninged, lightninged
Base formlightning · to lightning
3rd person singularlightnings
Present participlelightninging
Past simplelightninged
Past participlelightninged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylightning
he, she, itlightnings

Past simpleLesson

all personslightninged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lightninged
he, she, ithas lightninged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lightning

Collocations

4 patterns
  • struck by lightning
  • hit by lightning
  • lightning struck
  • by lightning and

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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