verb

1. To start (a fire).

   “We lit the fire to get some heat.”

2. To set fire to; to set burning.

   “She lit her last match.”

3. To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.

   “I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.”

Synonyms: catch fire, conflagrate, ignite, conflagrate, ignite, kindle, illuminate, light up

verb

1. To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter

2. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.

verb

1. To find by chance.

   “I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.”

2. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice

3. To alight; to land or come down.

   “She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.”

Synonyms: alight, land, chance upon, come upon, find, happen upon, hit upon

noun

1. The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.

2. The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.

3. The process of annealing metals.

Synonyms: illumination, light, light source