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or lighted
1
as in illuminated
filled with much light
the coat room was just lit well enough for us to identify our jackets
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2
as in burning
being on fire
some lighted torches lined the path to the shrine
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as in drunk
being under the influence of alcohol
Raucous singing could be heard coming from tents full of lit Oktoberfest revelers.
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or lighted
1
as in burned
to set (something) on fire
we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs
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2
as in illumined
to supply with light
the lights from the TV cameras will light this room as though it were high noon
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or lighted
1
as in perched
to come to rest after descending from the air
the bird lit on the branch and began to sing
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as in descended
to come down from something (as a vehicle)
he hurriedly lighted from the bus and started walking up the street
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Recent Examples of lit
Anthony Wood, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2026
The 5-foot-wide trail is lit at night for evening adventures.
—Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 4 Jan. 2026
Grady Bianculli, Jack Gresham and Damon MacKinnon each lit the lamp twice in a scoring marathon, bolstering King Philip in a 14-2 win over Foxboro.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026
Urbano recovered fragments of the original arena and presented them under a ceiling, lit from above and covered with dead leaves and other plant detritus.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
But immediately after the enormous potato finished its descent, an explosion erupted from an area where fireworks were being lit.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 1 Jan. 2026
They’re lit by a ferocious fire that’s been burning for hours, visible even to people miles away.
—Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation, 1 Jan. 2026
South Korea In Seoul, South Korea, fireworks were lit over the massive Lotte World Tower.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2025
Though Manhattan had been partially illuminated by electricity since the early 1880s, the US National Park Service (NPS) notes that half of American homes were still lit by gas lights and candles until the 1920s.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
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The coming days will see the lunar disk forge a path through the constellation Virgo ahead of its third quarter phase on Jan 10, when its left half will be lit by direct sunlight as its right is veiled in inky shadow.
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“Lit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lit. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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