n. a level grass playing area

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

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

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

n. green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

n. an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the trap"

n. any device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiation

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

n. having abundant light or illumination; "they played as long as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good"

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

n. any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

n. a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

n. a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?"

n. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"

n. the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"

n. (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"

n. a tributary of the Colorado River

v. turn or become green; "The trees are greening"

v. begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"

v. to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"

v. make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"

v. get off (a horse)

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

adj. (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder"

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

adj. of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C"

adj. psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles; "a light heart"

adj. not great in degree or quantity or number; "a light sentence"; "a light accent"; "casualties were light"; "light snow was falling"; "light misty rain"; "light smoke from the chimney"

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. intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound; "light verse"; "a light comedy"

adj. not seasoned; "uncured pelts"

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. "raised bread"; "light bread"

adj. value; "an empty chaffy book by a foolish chaffy fellow"

adj. of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint"

adj. lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"

adj. not fully developed or mature; not ripe; "unripe fruit"; "fried green tomatoes"; "green wood"

adj. "cool colors"

adj. naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"

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

adj. exerting little force or pressure: "the light touch of her fingers"; "a soft rain"; "a gentle breeze"

adj. moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step"

adj. used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"

adj. moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"

adj. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"

adj. so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

n. a biased way of looking at or presenting something

n. any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"

n. succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land

n. a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

n. a treeless grassy plain

n. a field of cultivated and mowed grass

n. a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"

n. a district that is reserved for particular purpose

n. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

n. (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight

n. a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"

n. an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams

n. an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"

n. sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

n. a yard or lawn adjoining a house

n. a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

n. a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

n. the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

n. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed"

n. dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"

v. become inflamed; get sore; "His throat inflamed"

v. cause to be balanced or suspended

v. put into an upright position; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"

v. hold or carry in equilibrium

v. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs"

v. fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair"

v. cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

v. cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"

v. shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"

v. cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"

v. become brighter; "The sky brightened"

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

adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"

adj. of the color of cream; "creamy translucent pebbles"

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

adj. so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

adj. showing inappropriate levity

adj. lacking intellectual depth: "glib generalizations"; "shallow people"

adj. being or affecting or concerned with a surface; 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. weak in color; not colorful

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

adj. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

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. lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"

adj. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"

adj. born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant"

adj. not fully prepared

adj. being in its early stage; "a young industry"; "the day is still young"

adj. inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall

adj. (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of; "oblivious of the mounting pressures for political reform"; "oblivious to the risks she ran"; "not unmindful of the heavy responsibility"

adj. showing concern for the rights and feelings of others; "friends considerate enough to leave us alone"

adj. not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country"

adj. responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"

adj. (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

adj. (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable; "a supple mind"; "a limber imagination"

adj. mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"

adj. possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction"

adj. done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise through the ranks"

adj. full of vitality: "`canty' is a British term"

adj. moving and bending with ease

adj. vigorous and animated; "a vibrant group that challenged the system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a vivacious folk dance"

adj. characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity; "a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous shake"; "a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign policy"; "vigorous opposition to the war"

adj. full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

adj. showing inappropriate levity

adj. marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"

adj. having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"

adj. (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit; "she was wonderfully alive for her age"; "a face alive with mischief"

adj. fresh and animated; "her breezy nature"

adj. quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"

adj. (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; "impure thoughts"

adj. deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

adj. unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

adj. having the nature of vice

adj. given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity; "a lecherous gleam in his eye"; "a lecherous good-for-nothing"

adj. driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies"

adj. characterized by lust; "eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts"; "a salacious rooster of a little man"

adj. (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"

adj. having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress"

adj. highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation"

adj. tending to entice into a desired action or state

adj. acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"

adj. talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic"

adj. of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C"

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. almost transparent; 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. relating to or containing gas bubbles

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

adj. having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

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. providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining; "an amusing speaker"; "a diverting story"; "a fun thing to do"

adj. leavened with fermented dough; "sourdough bread"

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

adj. without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good piece of junk"

adj. not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter"

adj. of no real value; "a nugatory law"

adj. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"

adj. cheap and inferior; of no value; "rubbishy newspapers that form almost the sole reading of the majority"; "trashy merchandise"

adj. of no value

adj. having or given a shade of color; esp a pale shade; often used in combination: "amber-tinted"

adj. having come into contact

adj. of a medium to dark brownish yellow color

adj. of a moderate purple color

adj. (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; "auburn hair"

adj. having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet"

adj. of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado

adj. of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather"

adj. (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

adj. of a light greyish-brown color

adj. having two colors; "a bicolor flower"; "a bicolored postage stamp"

adj. of bluish-black or grey-blue

adj. of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke"

adj. of blush color; "blushful mists"

adj. of a dark to moderate greyish green color

adj. of the color of bronze

adj. of a color similar to that of wood or earth

adj. of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather

adj. having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

adj. having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown

adj. pink or pinkish

adj. of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur

adj. (of hair) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"

adj. of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color

adj. of the color of cream; "creamy translucent pebbles"

adj. of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green

adj. of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie"

adj. earth colored; of something having a color of soil or earth; "a range of earthlike colors"

adj. of something having a dusky brownish grey color

adj. of a light brown or yellowish brown color

adj. having the color of honey

adj. used in combination; having a given hue: "rosy-hued"

adj. of a yellowish brown color

adj. of a pale purple color

adj. of deep purplish red

adj. of dark brownish to purplish red

adj. of a pale to moderate greyish violet color

adj. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"

adj. of a moderate somewhat dull yellow-green color

adj. of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse; "a mousy brownish-grey color"; "mousy hair"; "mouse-colored hair"

adj. of a moderate orange-yellow color

adj. of a brown color with a greenish tinge

adj. of a light brownish green color

adj. of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive

adj. of the color between red and yellow; similar to the color of a ripe orange

adj. of bright greenish blue

adj. of a moderate slightly yellowish-green color

adj. of a light shade of red

adj. of a color intermediate between red and blue

adj. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

adj. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"

adj. of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn"

adj. of a deep slightly bluish red color

adj. of brown with a reddish tinge

adj. having the brown color of rust

adj. of the grey-green color of sage leaves

adj. of the color of the sea; bluish green

adj. snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown

adj. of a light brownish color

adj. of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

adj. having the color of dry straw

adj. of a light yellowish-brown color

adj. of a strong reddish orange color

adj. of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather

adj. of a brilliant pure blue to purplish blue color

adj. of the color of any of various natural brown earth pigments

adj. of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

adj. of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

adj. of a color midway between yellow and green

adj. in training: "an apprentice carpenter"

adj. young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"

adj. not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"

adj. not initiated; deficient in relevant experience; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"

adj. not having had extensive practice

adj. not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien

adj. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"

adj. showing a lack of judgment or experience; "so credulous he believes everything he reads"

adj. lacking practical experience or training

adj. lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"

adj. lacking subtlety and insight; "a simple-minded argument"

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

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

adj. delicately beautiful; "a dainty teacup"; "an exquisite cameo"

adj. characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"

adj. faint and difficult to analyze; "subtle aromas"

adj. vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

adj. (of plants) requiring protection from frost; "half-hardy annuals"

adj. having a metaphorically delicate touch; "the translation is...light-handed...and generally unobtrusive"- New Yorker

adj. extremely delicate; "an overdelicate digestive system"

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

adj. (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition; "tender green shoots"

adj. (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending"

adj. (prosody) used of vowels or syllables

adj. not emphasized

adj. vigorously active; "an acrobatic dance"; "an athletic child"; "athletic playing"; "gymnastic exercises"

adj. moving quickly and excitedly: "on dancing feet"

adj. more active than normal; "a hyperactive child"

adj. characterized by energetic activity; "a lively baby"

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"

n. absence of light or illumination

v. become dark or darker; "The sky darkened"

v. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

v. be survived by after one's death; "He left six children"; "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"

v. leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking; "leave it as is"; "leave the young fawn alone"; "leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

adj. (used of color) having a dark hue; "dark green"; "dark glasses"; "dark colors like wine red or navy blue"

adj. of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture"

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 heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids"

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

adj. unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic"

adj. (informal) "big spender"

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. 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. lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed"; "subdued lights and soft music"

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"

adj. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines"

adj. of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses"

adj. having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"

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. slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"

adj. deficient in alertness or activity; "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights"

adj. morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse); "a holy woman innocent and chaste"

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"