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lightening
(encz) | lightening,nadlehčování n: Zdeněk Brož |
lightening
(encz) | lightening,odlehčování n: Zdeněk Brož |
lightening
(gcide) | lightening \lightening\ n.
The process of changing to a lighter color.
Syn: whitening.
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Lightening
(gcide) | Lighten \Light"en\ (l[imac]t"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Lightened (l[imac]t"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lightening.]
[OE. lightenen. See Light to kindle, illuminate.]
1. To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or
like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of
lightning; to flash.
[1913 Webster]
This dreadful night,
That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars
As doth the lion. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to
brighten; to clear, as the sky.
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lightening
(wn) | lightening
n 1: descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs
late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped
2: changing to a lighter color [syn: whitening, lightening] |
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enlightening
(encz) | enlightening,poučný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unenlightening
(encz) | unenlightening, |
enlightening
(gcide) | enlightening \enlightening\ adj.
1. enlightening so as to encourage intellectual or moral
improvement.
Syn: edifying.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; as,
an enlightening glimpse of government in action.
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Lightening
(gcide) | lightening \lightening\ n.
The process of changing to a lighter color.
Syn: whitening.
[WordNet 1.5]Lighten \Light"en\ (l[imac]t"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Lightened (l[imac]t"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lightening.]
[OE. lightenen. See Light to kindle, illuminate.]
1. To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or
like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of
lightning; to flash.
[1913 Webster]
This dreadful night,
That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars
As doth the lion. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to
brighten; to clear, as the sky.
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enlightening
(wn) | enlightening
adj 1: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an
enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an
illuminating lecture" [syn: enlightening,
informative, illuminating] [ant: unenlightening,
unilluminating]
2: enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or
moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an
edifying purpose even for those who could not read" [syn:
edifying, enlightening] [ant: unedifying,
unenlightening] |
unenlightening
(wn) | unenlightening
adj 1: failing to inform or clarify; "an unenlightening comment"
[syn: unenlightening, unilluminating] [ant:
enlightening, illuminating, informative]
2: not edifying [syn: unedifying, unenlightening] [ant:
edifying, enlightening] |
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