lighten
/ˈlaɪ.tn̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets"
- "A Key of fire ran all along the shore, And lighten’d all the river with the blaze:"
- "Enter the Conjurer; it lightens and thunders […]"
- "[…] this dreadful night, That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars As doth the lion."
- "While we were in the Twins it began to thunder and lighten and pour with rain."
- "[…] behold his eye, As bright as is the eagle’s, lightens forth Controlling majesty:"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
lightens (present, singular)
lightening (participle, present)
lightened (participle, past)
lightened (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
lightened (first person, past)
lightenest (archaic, present)
lightened (past, second person)
lightenedst (archaic, past)
lighteneth (archaic, present)
lightened (past, singular)