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lightening |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb lighten 1 of 5 senses of lighten Sense 5 lighten, lighten up => irradiate => light, illume, illumine, light up illuminate Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb lighten 1 of 5 senses of lighten Sense 5 lighten, lighten up => irradiate => light, illume, illumine, light up illuminate => floodlight => spotlight Entailment of verb lighten Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb lighten 5 senses of lighten Sense 1 lighten, buoy up => cheer Sense 2 lighten, buoy up => cheer, cheer up chirk up Sense 3 brighten, lighten up lighten => change, alter Sense 4 brighten, lighten => change Sense 5 lighten, lighten up => change Familiarity of verb lighten lighten used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb lighten Sense 1 lighten, buoy up => cheer -------------- Sense 2 lighten, buoy up => cheer, cheer up chirk up -------------- Sense 3 brighten, lighten up lighten => change, alter -------------- Sense 4 brighten, lighten => change -------------- Sense 5 lighten, lighten up => change -------------- Grep of noun lightening lightening Overview of noun lightening The noun lightening has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. lightening -- (descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped) 2. whitening, lightening -- (changing to a lighter color) Overview of verb lighten The verb lighten has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) lighten, buoy up -- (make more cheerful) 2. lighten, buoy up -- (make more cheerful) 3. brighten, lighten up lighten -- (make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room") 4. brighten, lighten -- (become brighter; "The sky brightened") 5. lighten, lighten up -- (become lighter; "The room lightened up") Grep of adj lightening enlightening unenlightening Overview of noun lightening The noun lightening has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. lightening -- (descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped) 2. whitening, lightening -- (changing to a lighter color) Overview of verb lighten The verb lighten has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) lighten, buoy up -- (make more cheerful) 2. lighten, buoy up -- (make more cheerful) 3. brighten, lighten up lighten -- (make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room") 4. brighten, lighten -- (become brighter; "The sky brightened") 5. lighten, lighten up -- (become lighter; "The room lightened up")
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