lighten meaning
EN
[ˈlaɪ.tən] [-aɪtən] - VerbSGlightensPRlighteningPT, PPlightenedSUF-en
- (transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
- (transitive) To make light or lighter in weight.
- (transitive) To make less serious or more cheerful.
- (transitive) To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
- to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets
- (intransitive) To become light or lighter in weight.
- (intransitive) To become less serious or more cheerful.
- (intransitive) To become brighter or clearer; to brighten.
- (intransitive) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to flash.
- (transitive) To emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
- To descend; to light.
- To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
- (transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- If you folks can't take being laughed at, you've really got to lighten up. I find you and Monica funny. It's all SRS BSNS for you. It's life-or-death-every-second-of-every-day.
- Long even before the last tenant had occupied it, the room had been regarded with fear and aversion, and the end of that last tenant had in no way lightened the gloom that hung about the place.
- On a tramway installation, drag the haul rope through each intermediate tower, placing it in the snatch block as the tower is passed to lighten the load.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of lighten in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -en
- Words suffixed with -en
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Ergative verbs
- Morphemes
- en lightens
- en lightened
- en lightener
- en lighteneth
- en lightening
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "lighten" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a verb, more specifically, an ergative verb, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.