Definitions of light:

• noun:   any device serving as a source of illumination

  Example: "He stopped the car and turned off the lights"

• noun:   the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures

  Example: "He could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark"

• noun:   public awareness

  Example: "It brought the scandal to light"

• noun:   mental understanding as an enlightening experience

  Example: "He finally saw the light"

• noun:   a particular perspective or aspect of a situation

  Example: "Although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand"

• noun:   a visual warning signal

  Example: "They saw the light of the beacon"

• noun:   an illuminated area

  Example: "He stepped into the light"

• noun:   a person regarded very fondly

  Example: "The light of my life"

• noun:   (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation

  Example: "The light was filtered through a soft glass window"

• noun:   having abundant light or illumination

  Example: "They played as long as it was light"

• noun:   a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination

  Example: "Follow God's light"

• noun:   a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires

  Example: "Do you have a light?"

• noun:   a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
• noun:   brightness and animation of countenance
• noun:   the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
• verb:   make lighter or brighter

  Example: "This lamp lightens the room a bit"

• verb:   fall to somebody by assignment or lot
• verb:   cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat

  Example: "Light a cigarette"

• verb:   to come to rest, settle

  Example: "Misfortune lighted upon him"

• verb:   begin to smoke
• verb:   get off (a horse)
• adjective:   of little intensity or power or force

  Example: "The light touch of her fingers"

• adjective:   moving easily and quickly; nimble

  Example: "The dancer was light and graceful"

• adjective:   of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment

  Example: "Light infantry"

• adjective:   having a spongy or flaky texture; well-leavened

  Example: "Light pastries"

• adjective:   intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound

  Example: "Light verse"

• adjective:   having little importance

  Example: "Losing his job was no light matter"

• adjective:   less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

  Example: "A light pound"

• adjective:   characterized by or emitting light

  Example: "A room that is light when the shutters are open"

• adjective:   (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent

  Example: "Light blue"

• adjective:   (of sleep) easily disturbed

  Example: "In a light doze"

• adjective:   demanding little effort; not burdensome

  Example: "Light housework"

• adjective:   having relatively few calories

  Example: "Light (or lite) beer"

• adjective:   easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned

  Example: "A light diet"

• adjective:   of comparatively little physical weight or density

  Example: "A light load"

• adjective:   designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight

  Example: "Light aircraft"

• adjective:   psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles

  Example: "A light heart"

• adjective:   not great in degree or quantity or number

  Example: "A light sentence"

• adjective:   (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average

  Example: "Light water is ordinary water"

• adjective:   silly or trivial

  Example: "Light banter"

• adjective:   used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress

  Example: "A syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"

• adjective:   very thin and insubstantial

  Example: "Light summer dresses"

• adjective:   weak and likely to lose consciousness

  Example: "Felt light in the head"

• adjective:   casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

  Example: "He was told to avoid loose (or light) women"

• adjective:   (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency

  Example: "Light sandy soil"

• adjective:   (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims

  Example: "A light lilting voice like a silver bell"

• adverb:   with few burdens

  Example: "Experienced travellers travel light"

• name:  A surname (common: 1 in 14285 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1847)