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Definition of 'light up'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) light up
start to burn with a bright flame
"The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up"

2. (verb) light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate
make lighter or brighter
"This lamp lightens the room a bit"

3. (verb) clear up, clear, light up, brighten
become clear
"The sky cleared after the storm"

4. (verb) light up
ignite
"The sky lit up quickly above the raging volcano"

5. (verb) light up, fire up, light
begin to smoke
"After the meal, some of the diners lit up"

Definition of 'light up'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) light up
(of sb's face or eyes) to suddenly look happy
The old man's eyes would light up when he spoke of the past.

2. light up
to put a flame to a cigarette in order to light it
He lit up a cigarette.

3. light up
(of a light) to come on
The red light on the phone lit up.

Translation of 'light up'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to begin to give out light Evening came and the streetlights lit up.
Afrikaans: ligte aanskakel	Arabic: يَبدأ بالإضاءَه	Bulgarian: светвам
Brazilian: acender-se	Czech: rozsvítit (se)	German: angehen
Danish: tænde	Greek: ανάβω, δίνω φως	Spanish: iluminarse
Estonian: süütama, süttima	Farsi: درخشیدن	Finnish: syttyä
French: s'allumer	Hebrew: לְהַדלִיק אוֹר	Hindi: प्रकाशित करना, प्रकाशमान
Croatian: zapaliti se	Hungarian: kigyullad	Indonesian: menyala
Icelandic: kvikna, ljóma upp	Italian: accendersi	Japanese: 輝く
Korean: 밝아지기 시작하다	Lithuanian: užsidegti, užsižiebti	Latvian: iedegties
Malay: hidup	Dutch: aangaan	Norwegian: bli slått på, lyse opp
Polish: zapalić się	Persian: درخشیدن	Pashto: نورانى كيدل،لګيدل
Portuguese: acender-se	Romanian: a se aprinde	Russian: зажигать(ся)
Slovak: rozsvietiť (sa)	Slovenian: prižgati se	Serbian: upaliti se
Swedish: tändas	Thai: เปิดให้แสงสว่าง	Turkish: yanmak
Taiwanese: 亮起	Ukrainian: засвітити(ся)	Urdu: روشنی خارج کرنا
Vietnamese: chiếu sáng	Chinese: 点着
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