Lightning

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An abrupt, discontinuous natural electric discharge in the atmosphere.
  • n. The visible flash of light accompanying such a discharge.
  • n. Informal A sudden, usually improbable stroke of fortune.
  • verb-intransitive. To discharge a flash of lightning.
  • adj. Moving or occurring with remarkable speed or suddenness.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The flash of light caused by the discharge of atmospheric electrical charge.
  • n. The discharge of atmospheric electrical charge itself.
  • n. Anything that moves very fast.
  • adj. Extremely fast or sudden.
  • adj. Moving at the speed of lightning.
  • v. To produce lightning.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.
  • n. The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
  • v. Lightening.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A becoming light or bright; a flashing of light: in this sense usually lightening.
  • n. A sudden illumination of the heavens caused by the discharge of atmospheric electricity from one cloud to another or from a cloud to the earth; a flash of light due to electricity in the atmosphere.
  • n. A becoming light or less heavy; an exhilaration of the spirits.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
  • n. the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
    • Verb Form
    lightninged    lightnings   
    Cross Reference
    jersey lightning    dark lightning   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    enlightenment    lightening    levin    thunderlight    fire    fulgur    fulmination    bolt    thunderbolt    wildfire   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    brightening    enlightening    frightening    heightening    tightening    whitening   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    thunder    flame    sunlight    flash    storm    explosion    cloud    spark    bolt    sun   
     
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