English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of lighten

lighten

/verb/ हल्का करना; वज़न हटाना; हल्का होना; हलका करना;

Synonym gloze;

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English Dictionary:

1. Lighten

[v. i.]

- To descend; to light.
- To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.
- To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.

2. Lighten

[v. t.]

- To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.
- To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
- To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
- To free from trouble and fill with joy.
- To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden.
- To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief.
- To cheer; to exhilarate.