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To start (a fire).

Example: We lit the fire to get some heat.

To set fire to; to set burning.

Example: She lit her last match.

To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.

Example: I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.

To become ignited; to take fire.

Example: This soggy match will not light.

To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter

To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.

To find by chance.

Example: I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.

To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice

To alight; to land or come down.

Example: She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.

The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.

The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.

The process of annealing metals.