light up

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verb

1. start to burn with a bright flame (Freq. 1)
- The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up
• Hypernyms:
erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. make lighter or brighter (Freq. 1)
- This lamp lightens the room a bit
• Syn:
light, illume, illumine, illuminate
• Derivationally related forms:
illumination (for: illuminate), illuminant (for: illuminate), light (for: light)
• Hypernyms:
lighten, lighten up
• Hyponyms:
floodlight, spotlight
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. become clear
- The sky cleared after the storm
• Syn:
clear up, clear, brighten
• Ant:
overcast (for: clear up)
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- It is ----ing
4. begin to smoke
- After the meal, some of the diners lit up
• Syn:
fire up, light
• Derivationally related forms:
light (for: light)
• Hypernyms:
ignite, light
• Entailment:
smoke
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: light)
5. ignite
- The sky lit up quickly above the raging volcano
• Hypernyms:
ignite, light
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s