light up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
start to burn with a bright flame
The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up
Types & categories
- catch fire hypernym
Sense 2 verb
make lighter or brighter
This lamp lightens the room a bit
Types & categories
- lighten up hypernym
- floodlight hyponym
- spotlight hyponym
Related & opposite
- light source derivation
- lightness derivation
- luminosity derivation
- illuminance derivation
- light derivation
- light derivation
- illumination derivation
- lighting derivation
- illuminant derivation
Sense 3 verb
become clear
The sky cleared after the storm
Related & opposite
- overcast antonym
Sense 4 verb
ignite
The sky lit up quickly above the raging volcano
Types & categories
- ignite hypernym
Sense 5 verb
begin to smoke
After the meal, some of the diners lit up
Types & categories
- ignite hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | catch fire |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | light source |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lightness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | luminosity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | illuminance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | light |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | light |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | illumination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lighting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | illuminant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lighten up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | floodlight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spotlight |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | overcast |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | ignite |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lighter |
| 5 | entails | Related & opposite | smoke |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ignite |