Lighten - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- become lighter
Extra examples
The sky had lightened.
It lightens.
Getting a new assistant will lighten the workload considerably.
We should hire another secretary to lighten Barbara's workload.
As the sky lightened, we were able to see where we were.
Nora didn't respond to my attempts to lighten the conversation.
His whole face would lighten when anyone mentioned Nancy.
Lighten up, would you?
The room lightened up
...though ostensibly a drama, the play is filled with zingy little nifties that lighten the mood...
You need to lighten up a bit.
The weather did little to lighten their mood.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: lighten
he/she/it: lightens
present participle: lightening
past tense: lightened
past participle: lightened
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