light
/laɪt/ verb (past tense and past participle lit, lighted)Translation
BURN [I, T] › to start to burn, or to make something start to burn
yanmak, yakmak
to light a candle/cigarette/fire The wood was damp and wouldn't light.1286BRIGHT [T] › to produce light somewhere so that you can see things
light up phrasal verb aydınlatmak
[often passive] The room was lit by a single light bulb. Burning buildings lit up the sky.1497 › If your face or your eyes light up, you suddenly look happy or excited.
light (sth) up phrasal verb (yüz, göz vb.) aydınlanmak, parlamak, parıldamak
His eyes lit up when you mentioned her name.973 › to make a cigarette, etc start burning
yakmak
He made himself a coffee and lit up a cigarette.416(Definition of light verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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