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LIT
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Irregular inflected form: litai
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The humanistic study of a body of literature
Example:
he took a course in Russian lit
Synonyms:
lit; literature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("lit" is a kind of...):
literary study (the humanistic study of literature)
Domain category:
literature (creative writing of recognized artistic value)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Provided with artificial light
Example:
a well-lighted stairwell
Synonyms:
illuminated; lighted; lit; well-lighted
Classified under:
Similar:
light (characterized by or emitting light)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Set afire or burning
Example:
a lit firecracker
Synonyms:
lighted; lit
Classified under:
Similar:
ablaze; afire; aflame; aflare; alight; on fire (lighted up by or as by fire or flame)
enkindled; ignited; kindled (set afire)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb light
Context examples:
It might rotate around its axis quickly the way Earth does or it might be tidally locked to its sun, with one side of the planet always lit and the other always dark.
(Simulations show planet orbiting Proxima Centauri could have liquid water, Wikinews)
“This shall be my last pleasure,” thought he, pulled it out, lit it at the blue light and began to smoke.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
In the first scan, the dye lit up the cells causing neuroinflammation.
(Inflammation in the brain linked to several forms of dementia, University of Cambridge)
A cigar is lit on one end and smoked, but the smoke is usually not inhaled into the lungs.
(Cigar, NCI Dictionary)
They had lit a fire fit to roast an ox, and it was now grown so hot that they could only approach it from the windward, and even there not without precaution.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A microscope (device to magnify small objects) in which objects are lit directly by white light.
(Light microscope, NCI Dictionary)
A cigarette is lit on one end and smoked, and the smoke is usually inhaled into the lungs.
(Cigarette, NCI Dictionary)
"Here," said I, pointing to some matches upon the ground, "is where we lit up."
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Hannah soon had a lantern lit. The vehicle had stopped at the wicket; the driver opened the door: first one well-known form, then another, stepped out.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“Sacredam!” he cried, when his eyes lit upon Buck.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
