Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: lighter
IPA transcription: [l'aɪtɚ]
Pronunciations of lighter
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: lighter
    Meaning: transport in a flatbottom boat
Usage examples
  • "It's lighter to hold," said the Gardener.
  • Everts stepped forward and flipped a lighter.
  • It will at least fall lighter upon him if he find things out by piecemeal.
  • I question, even if it were somewhat lighter, whether you could see to stitch."
  • This is just the time of day for it to clear up, and I do think it looks a little lighter.
  • LEGS--Short; fore-legs heavy, bowed out at elbows; hind-legs lighter, but firm and well shaped.
  • The horses tossed their heads and drew their load bravely, as if the new burden had made it lighter.
  • Their descendants are to this day an olive-skinned people, much lighter in color than the Indian tribes subjugated by them.
  • How small a things will affect the whole tenor of a life time; trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of destiny.
  • It was not a very promising state, and the good man felt how much lighter his task would be, if he had the aid of such a man as Senator Dilworthy.
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