light up
light
laÉĒt
lait
up
ƌp
ap
/lˈaÉĒt ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "light up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to light up
[phrase form: light]
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āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something bright by means of color or light
Transitive: to light up sth
to light up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fireworks exploded high in the sky, lighting the night up with bursts of colorful brilliance.
āφāϤāĻļāĻŦāĻžāϜāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§‹āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϞ⧋, āϰāĻ™āĻŋāύ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§‹āϰāϪ⧇ āϰāĻžāϤāϕ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ⧇ āωāĻ āĻž

to become bright by means of color or light
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The night sky lit up with a dazzling display of stars and the ethereal glow of the moon.
āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāϞāĻŽāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧀ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϚāĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϞ⧌āĻ•āĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ­āĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
02

āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ⧇ āωāĻ āĻž, āφāϗ⧁āύ āϧāϰāĻž

to begin burning, producing visible flames and releasing heat
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dry leaves lit up quickly in the bonfire.
āĻļ⧁āĻ•āύ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āύāĻŋāϕ⧁āĻŖā§āĻĄā§‡āĨ¤
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āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause something to start burning brightly
Transitive: to light up sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The match lights up the paper quickly.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϚ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ.
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āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to start smoking a cigarette
Transitive: to light up a cigarette
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The exhausted parent lit a cigarette up after a long day, seeking a moment of relaxation amidst the chaos.
āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϤāĻž āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ• āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ⧇āϟ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž

to show happiness or excitement through a noticeable change in one's facial expression or demeanor
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His face lit up when he saw his favorite food on the table.
āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
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āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to bring liveliness, joy, or happiness to someone's expression
Transitive: to light up someone's expression
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the children entered the room, the sight of the beautifully decorated Christmas tree lit up their faces.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰāĻž āϘāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϏāĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ– āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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