'light up' definitions:
Definition of 'light up'
(from WordNet)
verb
Start to burn with a bright flame; "The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up"
verb
Make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" [syn: light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate]
verb
Become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm" [syn: clear up, clear, light up, brighten] [ant: cloud, overcast]
verb
Ignite; "The sky lit up quickly above the raging volcano"
verb
Synonyms of 'light up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annoy,
- arouse,
- awake,
- awaken,
- bank,
- beacon,
- blow the coals,
- blow up,
- brace up,
- brighten,
- brighten up,
- buck up,
- burn,
- call forth,
- call up,
- cheer up,
- chirk up,
- conflagrate,
- enkindle,
- enlighten,
- enrage,
- excite,
- fan,
- fan the fire,
- fan the flame,
- feed,
- feed the fire,
- fire,
- flame,
- flood with light,
- floodlight,
- foment,
- frenzy,
- heat,
- highlight,
- ignite,
- illume,
- illuminate,
- illumine,
- impassion,
- incense,
- incite,
- inflame,
- infuriate,
- irradiate,
- key up,
- kindle,
- lather up,
- light,
- light the fuse,
- lighten,
- luminate,
- madden,
- move,
- overexcite,
- overshine,
- perk up,
- rekindle,
- relight,
- relume,
- relumine,
- revive,
- rouse,
- set astir,
- set fire to,
- set on fire,
- shed light upon,
- shine upon,
- spotlight,
- steam up,
- stir,
- stir the blood,
- stir the embers,
- stir the feelings,
- stir the fire,
- stir up,
- stoke,
- stoke the fire,
- strike a light,
- summon up,
- take heart,
- throw light upon,
- torch,
- touch off,
- turn on,
- wake,
- wake up,
- waken,
- warm,
- warm the blood,
- whip up,
- work into,
- work up
Words containing 'light up'
- Light,
- Lighte,
- Lighted,
- Lightful,
- Lighting,
- Lightly,
- Lightness,
- light into,
- light out,
- lights,
- very light,
- Ancient lights,
- Barnegat Light,
- Batement light,
- Bengal light,
- Blue light,
- Bracket light,
- Bude light,
- Calcium light,
- Carbon light,
- Catoptric light,
- Cockshut light,
- Coston lights,
- Decomposition of light,
- Depolarization of light,
- Drummond light,
- Dry light,
- Earth light,
- Electrical light,
- Fan light,
- Finsen light,
- Fixed light,
- Flash light,
- Flashing light,
- Floating light,
- Floor light,
- Incandescent light,
- Light Oak,
- Light ball,
- Light barrel,
- Light cavalry,
- Light dues,
- Light eater,
- Light hand,
- Light horse,
- Light infantry,
- Light iron,
- Light keeper,
- Light metals,
- Light money,
- Light of foot,
- Light of heart,
- Light oil,
- Light purse,
- Light sails,
- Light sleeper,
- Light weight,
- Light year,
- New light,
- Northern lights,
- Pilot light,
- Polar lights,
- Red light,
- Revolving light,
- Stage lights,
- The light of the countenance,
- To bring to light,
- To come to light,
- To light a fire,
- To make light of,
- To see the light,
- To set light by,
- To walk in the light,
- Vault light,
- Watch light,
- Wax light,
- White light,
- Zircon light,
- Zodiacal light,
- anchor light,
- arc light,
- beacon light,
- beam of light,
- brake light,
- bring to light,
- city of light,
- coherent light,
- come to light,
- electric light,
- fairy light,
- feast of lights,
- festival of lights,
- first light,
- green light,
- guiding light,
- idiot light,
- indirect lighting,
- infrared light,
- inner light,
- klieg light,
- laser light,
- leading light,
- light adaptation,
- light air,
- light arm,
- light ballast,
- light beam,
- light beer,
- light bread,
- light breeze,
- light brown,
- light bulb,
- light circuit,
- light colonel,
- light company,
- light cream,
- light diet,
- light filter,
- light flyweight,
- light footed,
- light heavyweight,
- light hour,
- light intensity,
- light meter,
- light microscope,
- light middleweight,
- light minute,
- light opera,
- light pen,
- light reaction,
- light reflex,
- light second,
- light show,
- light source,
- light speed,
- light time,
- light touch,
- light unit,
- light upon,
- light welterweight,
- light within,
- lighting circuit,
- lighting fixture,
- lighting industry,
- lighting-up,
- lightly armored,
- lightly armoured,
- lights-out,
- lime light,
- make light of,
- navigation light,
- oxycalcium light,
- panel light,
- ray of light,
- rear light,
- riding light,
- room light,
- running light,
- see the light,
- shaft of light,
- shed light on,
- sheet lighting,
- signal light,
- southern lights,
- speed of light,
- stop light,
- strip lighting,
- strobe light,
- sweetness and light,
- theater light,
- traffic light,
- ultraviolet light,
- very-light,
- vigil light,
- visible light,
- warning light,
- yellow light,
- Barnegat Light, NJ,
- Incandescent light bulb,
- Light Oak, NC,
- Light carbureted hydrogen,
- Light-armed,
- Light-boat,
- Light-fingered,
- Light-foot,
- Light-footed,
- Light-handed,
- Light-headed,
- Light-headedness,
- Light-hearted,
- Light-heartedly,
- Light-heartedness,
- Light-heeled,
- Light-horseman,
- Light-legged,
- Light-minded,
- Light-mindedness,
- Light-ship,
- Light-struck,
- Light-winged,
- Light-year,
- Newtonian theory of light,
- Thorough-lighted,
- To stand in one's own light,
- Top-light,
- corpuscular theory of light,
- half-light,
- light machine gun,
- light water line,
- light whipping cream,
- light-blue,
- light-boned,
- light-colored,
- light-coloured,
- light-duty,
- light-green,
- light-haired,
- light-handedly,
- light-headedly,
- light-of-love,
- light-sensitive,
- light-skinned,
- light-tight,
- lightly-armed,
- night-light,
- primary color for light,
- primary colour for light,
- red light district,
- saint elmo's light,
- saint ulmo's light,
- trip the light fantastic,
- wave theory of light,
- well-lighted,
- Light-o'-love,
- Red-light district,
- electric-light bulb,
- light-emitting diode,
- primary subtractive color for light,
- primary subtractive colour for light,
- trip the light fantastic toe,
- Electro-magnetic theory of light,
- one-way light time,
- organic light-emitting diode,
- round-trip light time,
- blue bluish light-blue dark-blue,
- green greenish light-green dark-green