lit

lit ¹

 (lĭt)

v.

A past tense and a past participle of light¹. See Usage Note at light¹.

adj.

Informal. Drunk or drugged. Often used with up.

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lit ²

 (lĭt)

v.

A past tense and a past participle of light¹.

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lit ³

 (lĭt)

n. Informal

Literature, especially as an academic subject: enjoyed my course in French lit.

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lit

(lɪt)

vb

1. a past tense and past participle of light¹

2. an alternative past tense and past participle of light²

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lit¹

(lɪt)

v.

1. a pt. and pp. of light ¹ .

adj.

2. Slang. drink.

lit³

(lɪt)

v.

a pt. and pp. of light ³.

lit⁴

(lɪt)

n.

literature: a course in English lit.

[by shortening]

Lit

(in Italy) lira.

lit.

1. liter.

2. literal.

3. literally.

4. literary.

5. literature.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lit - the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit" literature literary study - the humanistic study of literature literature - creative writing of recognized artistic value
Adj.	1.	lit - provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell" illuminated, well-lighted, lighted light - characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
	2.	lit - set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker" lighted

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lit

adjective

1. Slang. Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor.Also used with up:

besotted, crapulent, crapulous, drunk, drunken, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, sodden, tipsy.

Informal: cockeyed, stewed.

Slang: blind, bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, high, loaded, looped, pickled, pixilated, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinking, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked.

Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheets in the wind.

2. Slang. Stupefied, intoxicated, or otherwise influenced by the taking of drugs.Also used with up:

drugged.

Informal: doped.

Slang: high, hopped-up, potted, spaced-out, stoned, turned-on, wiped-out, zonked.

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Translations

pass. e p.p. di to light

lit

[lɪt] PT & PP of light ¹ to be lit up → estar achispado

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lit

[ˈlɪt]

pt

pp of light

adj → allumé(e)

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light³

(lait) : light on – past tense, past participle lit (lit) – verb

to find by chance. While wandering round the town, we lit on a very cheap restaurant. afkom يَجِدُ بالصُّدْفَه натъквам се dar com náhodou padnout na stoßen falde over συναντώ τυχαίαdar con sattuma چشم کسی به چیزی افتادن löytää sattumalta tomber par hasard sur qqch. לְהִתָקֵל slučajno pronaći rábukkan menemukan lenda á, koma niður á imbattersi in* 偶然見つける 우연히 발견하다 užtikti, užeiti nejauši uzdurties terjumpa aanbelanden bij komme over natknąć się na په نا څاپى ډول يو شى ته پام كيدل случайно набрести на (náhodou) natrafiť na naleteti na naići na råka (stöta, träffa) på เจอโดยบังเอิญ rastlamak, tesadüfen bulmak 偶然發現 несподівано наштовхнутися, випадково натрапити اتفاقا حاصل کرنا tình cờ tìm thấy 偶然发现

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