n. a visual warning signal; "they saw the light of the beacon"; "there was a light at every corner"

n. an illuminated area; "he stepped into the light"

n. mental understanding as an enlightening experience; "he finally saw the light"; "can you shed light on this problem?"

n. public awareness; "it brought the scandal to light"

n. [the natural force that makes sight possible]

n. a particular perspective or aspect of a situation; "although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand"

n. a person regarded very fondly; "the light of my life"

n. an honours degree of the highest class

n. the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first"

n. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

n. the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark"

n. a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light"

adv. before another in time, space, or importance; "I was here first"; "let's do this job first"

adv. the initial time; "when Felix first saw a garter snake"

adv. prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"

adv. with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light"

adj. highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections; "first soprano"; "the first violin section"; "played first horn"

adj. preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training"

adj. easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned; "a light diet"

adj. designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; "light aircraft"; "a light truck"

adj. having little importance; "losing his job was no light matter"

adj. of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment; "light infantry"; "light cavalry"; "light industry"; "light weapons"

adj. (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; "light water is ordinary water"

adj. very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "light summer dresses"

adj. characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"

adj. (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light soil"

adj. indicating the beginning unit in a series

adj. serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"

adj. being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills"

adj. "raised bread"; "light bread"

n. an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes

n. a biased way of looking at or presenting something

adj. necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop"

adj. serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

adj. (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need"

adj. most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"

adj. very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "light summer dresses"

adj. showing inappropriate levity

adj. lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; "shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"

adj. concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"

adj. (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored; "a fair complexion";

adj. without color; "pure water is uncolored"

adj. lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music"

adj. not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"

adj. radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset"

adj. completely happy and contented; "blissful young lovers"; "in blissful ignorance"

adj. joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout"

adj. designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; "light aircraft"; "a light truck"

adj. having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light; "floating freely in a weightless condition"; "a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth"; "jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric"

adj. allowing light to pass through diffusely; "translucent amber"; "semitransparent curtains at the windows"

adj. being of delicate or slender build; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"- Frank Norris; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street"

adj. resembling lather or covered with lather

adj. tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"

adj. able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues

adj. capable of undergoing digestion; "a supply of easily digested foods"

adj. artificially partially digested as by enzymatic action; "predigested foods are a boon for those who are ill or have impaired digestion"

adj. long and slender with a very small internal diameter; "a capillary tube"

adj. thin in diameter; resembling a thread

adj. very thin in gauge or diameter; "a tenuous thread"

adj. very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses"

adj. extremely fine or thin, as in a spectral line split into two or more components; "hyperfine structure"

adj. thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make nests of papery material"

adj. of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"

adj. (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light sandy soil"

adj. (of soil) unstable; "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"

adj. serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"

adj. serving to open or begin; "began the slide show with some introductory remarks"

adj. appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position"

adj. having the second highest gear ratio; "second gear"

adj. leavened with fermented dough; "sourdough bread"

adj. like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed

adj. a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first; "second flute"; "the second violins"

adj. coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"

adj. lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane"

adj. being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"

adj. functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches"

adj. weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems"

adj. marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids"

adj. made of lead; "a leaden weight"

adj. weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"

adj. of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment; "heavy artillery"; "heavy infantry"; "a heavy cruiser"; "heavy guns"; "heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries"

adj. full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"

adj. marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"

adj. usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

adj. abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust"

adj. devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat"

adj. made dim or less bright; "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"; "dimmed headlights"; "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"

adj. depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic"

adj. lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"

adj. dark and gloomy; "a tenebrous cave"