'Lightening' definitions:
Definition of 'lightening'
(from WordNet)
noun
Descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped
noun
Changing to a lighter color [syn: whitening, lightening]
Definition of 'Lightening'
From: GCIDE
- Lighten \Light"en\ (l[imac]t"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lightened (l[imac]t"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lightening.] [OE. lightenen. See Light to kindle, illuminate.]
- 1. To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash. [1913 Webster]
- This dreadful night, That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars As doth the lion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'lightening'
From: GCIDE
- lightening \lightening\ n. The process of changing to a lighter color.
- Syn: whitening. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'lightening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- achromatization,
- allayment,
- alleviating,
- alleviation,
- alleviative,
- assuagement,
- blanching,
- bleach,
- bleaching,
- blunting,
- brightening,
- calming,
- damping,
- deadening,
- decoloration,
- decolorization,
- decolorizing,
- demulsion,
- diminution,
- disburdening,
- discoloration,
- disembarrassment,
- disencumbering,
- disencumberment,
- disencumbrance,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- easement,
- easing,
- enlightening,
- etiolation,
- fading,
- falling-off,
- hushing,
- illuminating,
- illumining,
- leniency,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lighting,
- loosening,
- lulling,
- madder bleach,
- market bleach,
- mitigation,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- pacification,
- paling,
- palliation,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- relief,
- relieving,
- remission,
- slackening,
- softening,
- soothing,
- subduement,
- tempering,
- tranquilization,
- unballasting,
- unburdening,
- unfreighting,
- unlading,
- unloading,
- unsaddling,
- untaxing,
- unweighting,
- whitening