English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-lighter.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪt�(r)|-aɪt�(r)

Adjective
lighter

1. comparative of|light

#: I prefer a lighter shade of pink.
#: What happened? You look 10 lbs. lighter!
#: I wish I'd thrown a lighter punch; he's out cold.

Image:White_lighter_with_flame.JPG|thumb|right|A lighter (sense 1)
Noun
en-noun

1. A small, reusable, handheld device for creating fire.

#: Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter.

1. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).

Translations
trans-top|fire making device
Albanian: t+|sq|çakmak|m|xs=Albanian
Chinese: ��� (dá d� hu�)
Croatian: t|hr|upalja�|m
Dutch: t+|nl|aansteker|m
Finnish: sytytin, sytkäri slang
German: t+|de|Feuerzeug|n
French: t+|fr|briquet|m
Greek: t+|el|ανα��ή�α�|m|tranaptíras|scGrek
Irish: lastóir m
Japanese: t-|ja|����|trrait�|scJpan
trans-mid
Kurdish: t+|ku|���رخ|sc=KUchar
Persian: FAchar|��دک (fandak)
Portuguese: acendedor m, isqueiro m
Russian: t+|ru|зажигалка|f|trzažigálka|scCyrl
Slovene: vžigalnik m
Spanish: encendedor m, briquet m italbrac|Colombia|pronounced briqué, fosforera f italbrac|Cuba, t-|es|lighter|m italbrac|Panama|Puerto Rico|pronounced láiter, mechero m italbrac|Spain, yesquero m italbrac|Venezuela
trans-bottom

trans-top|a ship
trans-mid
Russian: ли��е� (lí�t'er), �аланда (šalánda) f
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

1. To transfer cargo or fuel off of a sunken or grounded ship, making it easier to refloat.

Anagrams
relight

fr:lighter
io:lighter
it:lighter
li:lighter
hu:lighter
pl:lighter
ru:lighter
te:lighter
vi:lighter
zh:lighter

• 2007-12-27 20:32 - Tbot - added t for sq, ku, ru

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