Lighting — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

to set (something) on fire

"we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs"

to supply with light

"the lights from the TV cameras will light this room as though it were high noon"

to come to rest after descending from the air

"the bird lit on the branch and began to sing"

to come down from something (as a vehicle)

"he hurriedly lighted from the bus and started walking up the street"

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance

"the novelist lit upon the plot for his latest thriller while visiting a remote lighthouse in Maine"

the act of leaving a place

"your lighting out of church before the end of services did not go unnoticed"

as in burning, glowing

as in tumbling (to), hitting (upon)

as in getting out, getting (away)

as in taking off, putting out