LIGHT
What does "LIGHT" mean?
The natural or artificial radiation that makes things visible to the eye.
Meanings
- Electromagnetic radiation in the range the eye can see; the agent of vision. Sunlight poured through the window, lighting the whole kitchen.
- A source of illumination, such as a lamp or bulb. Please turn off the lights before you leave.
- To set burning or to illuminate. She struck a match and lit the candle.
- Not heavy; of little weight. The backpack felt light now that the books were out.
- Pale in color or shade. She wore a light blue dress.
Did you know?
- Light travels at exactly 299,792,458 metres per second in a vacuum - a value now fixed by definition, because since 1983 the metre itself has been defined as the distance light covers in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
Word origin
From Old English 'leoht' (the radiance) and 'leoht' (not heavy), two originally distinct words from Proto-Germanic roots that fell together in spelling, the first tied to Latin 'lux'.
Remember it
LIGHT and 'sight' rhyme and pair: light is what makes sight possible.
A little poem
It weighs almost nothing-
yet it lifts the whole dark room,
and the eye, awake.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why is a feather a philosopher's favorite object? It's both light to lift and light to see by - depends how you read it.
What it teaches
The same word holds weightlessness and illumination - maybe the unburdened see most clearly.
Quick facts
What does LIGHT mean?
The natural or artificial radiation that makes things visible to the eye.
Is LIGHT a valid word?
Yes — LIGHT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LIGHT?
LIGHT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does LIGHT come from?
From Old English 'leoht' (the radiance) and 'leoht' (not heavy), two originally distinct words from Proto-Germanic roots that fell together in spelling, the first tied to Latin 'lux'.
What can LIGHT teach us?
The same word holds weightlessness and illumination - maybe the unburdened see most clearly.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.