lighten

v. make lighter; lessen the weight or load; relieve of worry; become lighter; become less heavy; become cheerful; illuminate; brighten; make a color lighter

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Verb
1. make more cheerful
(synonym) buoy up
(antonym) weigh down, weigh on
(hypernym) cheer
(cause) buoy up
2. make more cheerful
(synonym) buoy up
(hypernym) cheer, cheer up, chirk up
3. make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"
(synonym) brighten, lighten up
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(cause) brighten
4. become brighter; "The sky brightened"
(synonym) brighten
(hypernym) change
5. become lighter; "The room lightened up"
(synonym) lighten up
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) irradiate

v. odlehčit; zlehčit; ubýt na váze; zesvětlit (se)

Czas. rozjaśniać (się); stawać się lżejszym; zmniejszać ciężar

(v. t.)
To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden.
  

(v. t.)
To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.
  

(v. t.)
To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief.
  

(v. t.)
To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
  

(v. t.)
To free from trouble and fill with joy.
  

(v. t.)
To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
  

(v. t.)
To cheer; to exhilarate.
  

(v. i.)
To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.
  

(v. i.)
To descend; to light.
  

(v. i.)
To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.