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lights (l

ts)

pl.n.

The lungs, especially the lungs of an animal slaughtered for food.

[Middle English lightes, from light, light in weight (from the lightness of the lungs compared to other organs); see light².]

lights¹

pl n

a person's ideas, knowledge, or understanding he did it according to his lights

lights²

pl n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) the lungs, esp of sheep, bullocks, and pigs, used for feeding pets and occasionally in human food

[plural noun use of light², referring to the light weight of the lungs]

lights

day - One of the perpendicular divisions or "lights" of a mullioned window.
blackout - Originally a theatrical term for the extinguishing of all lights on the stage when scenery was shifted.
taps, last post - Taps, the bugle call for lights out, was originally a drum roll and got its name from the tapping of the drums; taps are also called last post.
twilight - The time of two lights, the fading sunset and the emerging light of the moon and stars; there are three sequential stages of twilight: civil twilight, nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight.

Translations

lights

pl (Anat) → Tierlunge f

lights [laɪts] npl (old) (of animal) → polmone m

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astronomy unit
beam
beam of light
dark
flash
light
light beam
light into
light out
light source
light up
light year
light-year
lighted
Lightnesss
lightsome
lit
primary color for light
primary colour for light

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