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lighten
werkwoord
1 lighten
2 lighten
Reduce the weight on; make lighter.
Nederlands: verlichten
3 lighten
Become more cheerful:
— After a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit.
synoniemen: buoy up, lighten up.
4 lighten
Make more cheerful through the use of color.
synoniemen: brighten, lighten up.
Roget 420:
shine,
glow,
glitter;
glister,
glisten;
twinkle,
gleam;
flare,
flare up;
glare,
beam,
shimmer,
glimmer,
flicker,
sparkle,
scintillate,
coruscate,
flash,
blaze;
be bright
etc.
adj.;
reflect light,
daze,
dazzle,
bedazzle,
radiate,
shoot out beams;
fulgurate.
clear up,
brighten.
lighten,
enlighten;
levin†;
light,
light up;
irradiate,
shine upon;
give out a light,
hang out a light;
cast light upon,
cast light in,
throw light upon,
throw light in,
shed light upon,
shed luster upon;
illume†,
illumine,
illuminate;
relume†,
strike a light;
kindle
etc.
(set fire to)
384.
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5 lighten
Become lighter:
— The room lightened up.
synoniem: lighten up.
Nederlands: oplichten
Pools: rozjarzenie się, rozjaśnienie się, rozpromienienie się, rozświetlenie się, rozproszenie się
6 lighten
Alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive:
— Lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents.
synoniem: relieve.
Roget 705:
be easy
etc.
adj.;
go on smoothly,
run smoothly;
have full play
etc.
n.;
go on all fours,
run on all fours;
obey the helm,
work well.
flow with the stream,
swim with the stream,
drift with the stream,
go with the stream,
flow with the tide,
drift with the tide;
see one's way;
have all one's own way,
have the game in one's own hands;
walk over the course,
win at a canter;
make light of,
make nothing of,
make no bones of.
be at home in,
make it look easy,
do it with one's eyes closed,
do it in one's sleep
etc.
(skillful)
698.
render easy
etc.
adj.;
facilitate,
smooth,
ease;
popularize;
lighten,
lighten the labor;
free,
clear;
disencumber,
disembarrass,
disentangle,
disengage;
deobstruct†,
unclog,
extricate,
unravel;
untie the knot,
cut the knot;
disburden,
unload,
exonerate,
emancipate,
free from,
deoppilate†;
humor
etc.
(aid)
707;
lubricate
etc.
332;
relieve
etc.
834.
leave a hole to creep out of,
leave a loophole,
leave the matter open;
give the reins to,
give full play,
give full swing;
make way for;
open the door to,
open the way,
prepare the ground,
smooth the ground,
clear the ground,
open the way,
open the path,
open the road;
pave the way,
bridge over;
permit
etc.
760.
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Moby betekeniswoordenboek: 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, diminish, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, downplay, dull, ease, enlighten, extenuate, flood with light, floodlight, gladden, grow bright, grow light, have little weight, highlight, illume, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, keep within bounds, kick the beam, lay, lenify, lessen, light, light up, luminate, make light, make lighter, mitigate, moderate, modulate, mollify, obtund, off-load, overshine, palliate, play down, reduce, reduce the temperature, reduce weight, relieve, relume, relumine, restrain, set at ease, shed light upon, shine, shine upon, slacken, slow down, smile, smother, sober, sober down, soften, spotlight, stifle, subdue, suppress, tame, temper, thin, throw light upon, tone down, tune down, unballast, unburden, underplay, unfreight, unlade, unload, weaken, weigh lightly ... meer laten zien.
lightened
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: ablaze, aglow, alight, bathed with light, bespangled, blanched, bleached, bleached white, brightened, candlelit, decolored, decolorized, drained, drained of color, enlightened, firelit, gaslit, illuminated, in a blaze, irradiate, irradiated, lamplit, lanternlit, lighted, lit, lit up, luminous, moonlit, spangled, star-spangled, star-studded, starlit, studded, sunlit, tinseled, whitened ... meer laten zien.
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