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Former British national radio station (1945–1967)
The BBC Light Programme was a national radio station which broadcast chiefly mainstream light entertainment and light music from 1945 until 1967, when
BBC_Light_Programme
Former British national radio service (1930–1939)
National Programme broadcast significantly more speech and classical music than its successor, the BBC Light Programme. Similarly, the Regional Programme broadcast
BBC_National_Programme
Former British national radio station during World War II (1940–1944)
The BBC Forces Programme was a national radio station which operated from 7 January 1940 until 26 February 1944, when it was replaced by the BBC General
BBC_Forces_Programme
Former British regional radio service (1930–1939)
National Programme broadcast significantly more speech and classical music than its successor, the BBC Light Programme. Similarly, the Regional Programme broadcast
BBC_Regional_Programme
British national radio station
September 1967, replacing the BBC Light Programme, with some of the Light Programme's music shows transferring to the newly launched BBC Radio 1. The first show
BBC_Radio_2
Former British national and regional radio station (1939–1967)
the BBC resumed its previous regional structure. Following the wartime success of the BBC Forces Programme and BBC General Forces Programme, light entertainment
BBC_Home_Service
English rock band
that references both electric light and "light orchestral music", a popular style featured on the BBC Light Programme between the 1940s and 1960s. ELO
Electric_Light_Orchestra
Former British national radio station (1946–1967)
BBC's third national radio network, the other two being the Home Service (mainly speech-based) and the Light Programme, principally devoted to light entertainment
BBC_Third_Programme
Radio show
Saturday Club is a BBC Radio programme in the United Kingdom, broadcast on the BBC Light Programme and later BBC Radio 1 between 1957 and 1969. It was
Saturday_Club_(BBC_Radio)
BBC Radio show broadcast from 1951 to 1960
comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme. The show
The_Goon_Show
Former British national radio station during and after World War II (1944–1946)
The BBC General Forces Programme was a national radio station operating from 27 February 1944 until 31 December 1946. Upon the outbreak of World War II
BBC_General_Forces_Programme
BBC radio programme
1953 to 2023 on the BBC Light Programme and its successor BBC Radio 2, moving to BBC Radio 3 from April 2024. The programme is the world's longest-running
Friday_Night_Is_Music_Night
Radio programme
afternoon edition at 3pm on the Forces/General Forces Programme - and after the war on the BBC Light Programme. Between August 1942 and July 1945, a third edition
Music_While_You_Work
BBC radio programme
Originally broadcast on the BBC Light Programme on Saturday mornings from 9.10 to 9.55 (later, 9.00–10.00), and later BBC Radio 1, and BBC Radio 2, its was first
Children's_Favourites
English comic actor and theatre director (1914–1988)
Hill, BBC Home Service (1956) as Mr. Trimble Life with the Lyons, "Dial Special Branch", BBC Light Programme (1958) I Only Arsked, BBC Light Programme (1958)
Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)
Charles_Hawtrey_(actor,_born_1914)
1960s BBC radio comedy
Round the Horne is a BBC Radio comedy programme starring Kenneth Horne, first transmitted in four series of weekly episodes from 1965 until 1968. The show
Round_the_Horne
Radio show
Top Gear began life in 1964 on the BBC Light Programme and was revived with a progressive rock focus in 1967 on BBC Radio 1, running with that format until
Top_Gear_(radio_programme)
Former news programme produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation
eventually broadcast four times a day on the BBC World Service with a daily broadcast on the BBC Light Programme (as part of The News and Radio Newsreel)
Radio_Newsreel
Radio show
Housewives' Choice was a BBC Radio record request programme, broadcast every weekday morning between 1946 and 1967 on the BBC Light Programme. It played a wide
Housewives'_Choice
British musical style of "light" orchestral music
the opera. Light music was especially popular during the formative years of radio broadcasting, with stations such as the BBC Light Programme (1945–1967)
Light_music
Employees of British broadcaster
formerly employed by BBC Television and BBC Radio. The BBC has employed many journalists and newsreaders to present its news programmes as well as to provide
List of former BBC newsreaders and journalists
List_of_former_BBC_newsreaders_and_journalists
British and Australian actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (1922–2014)
few years he was regularly featured in the BBC radio series Variety Bandbox, part of the BBC Light Programme. Retaining his accent, an unusual choice for
Bill_Kerr
BBC Radio variety show (1944–1952)
Variety Bandbox is a BBC Radio variety show transmitted initially in the General Forces Programme and then the Light Programme. Featuring a mixture of
Variety_Bandbox
Division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation
folk, jazz, light entertainment and sport. The evening BBC Third Programme (launched 29 September 1946) and daytime BBC Music Programme (launched 22
BBC_Radio
Protagonist of a classic German legend
from the original on 25 May 2022. "BBC Light Programme: The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1949)". BBC Programme Index. 18 October 1949. Archived from
Faust
Radio show
broadcast simultaneously on both the BBC Home Service and Forces Programme, then from 1957 onwards solely on the Light Programme. For all its 23 years each show
Workers' Playtime (radio programme)
Workers'_Playtime_(radio_programme)
and television. He played his first role on radio in the 1938 BBC tea dance programme Friends to Tea, before spending the Second World War with the Royal
Terry-Thomas on screen, radio, stage and record
Terry-Thomas_on_screen,_radio,_stage_and_record
Live at the BBC or BBC Recordings are pop and rock music recordings originally made for or by the BBC Light Programme or BBC Radio 1. Many recordings were
List of Live at the BBC recordings
List_of_Live_at_the_BBC_recordings
Fictional character created by Arthur Conan Doyle
dramatisation of the same story. Both radio dramas aired on the BBC Light Programme. In 1977, Marian Seldes played Adler in the CBS Radio Mystery Theater
Irene_Adler
Radio show
the BBC Light Programme, later BBC Radio 2 from 1945 until 1980. From 1967 to 1972, it was also carried on BBC Radio 1. It was a request programme designed
Family_Favourites
BBC radio show (1939–1949)
That Man Again (commonly contracted to ITMA) was a radio comedy programme from the BBC which ran for twelve series from 1939 to 1949. The shows featured
It's_That_Man_Again
British novelist and playwright (1920–1995)
Silence (BBC Light Programme, 8 June – 27 July 1953 in eight weekly episodes; adapted from his own story) One Green Bottle (BBC Light Programme, 18 October
Elleston_Trevor
British radio sitcom (1959–1977)
episode over the entire 15-series run. The programme was transmitted on the BBC Light Programme and subsequently BBC Radio 2. It was produced by Alastair Scott
The_Navy_Lark
British radio comedy programme
humorously spelt – "TIFE") is a British radio comedy programme broadcast on the BBC Light Programme between 1948 and 1960. It was written by Frank Muir
Take_It_from_Here
Radio show
protagonist of a number of serialised radio mysteries broadcast on the BBC Light Programme between 1947 and 1961. Created by Lester Powell, Odell was an Irish
Philip_Odell
British radio magazine programme (est. 1946)
magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It has been on the air since 1946, and has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 1973. The programme features
Woman's_Hour
British television talent show (1949–1990)
of 20 million viewers. The original radio version started on the BBC Light Programme, where it ran from 18 February to 29 September 1949, but moved to
Opportunity Knocks (British TV series)
Opportunity_Knocks_(British_TV_series)
British sports radio programme
the BBC Light Programme until 25 April 1964. On 22 August 1964 it became part of Sports Service and moved to Network Three (which later became BBC Radio
Sports_Report
English actress (1932–2020)
31 December 2023. The appearances below have been sourced from the BBC Programme Index. The appearances below have been sourced from Theatricalia. "Obituary:
Andrée_Melly
Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes
Watson in a 1967 BBC Light Programme adaptation of the story which was adapted by Michael Hardwick. "The Final Problem" was dramatized for BBC Radio 4 in 1992
The_Final_Problem
British national radio station
in 1967 (along with the more middle-of-the-road BBC Radio 2) as a successor to the BBC Light Programme, which had broadcast popular music and other entertainment
BBC_Radio_1
British radio programme
Billy Cotton Band Show is a Sunday lunchtime radio programme which was broadcast on the BBC Light Programme from 1949 until 1968. The band leader, Billy Cotton
Billy_Cotton_Band_Show
English actress (1925–2018)
a lead in the radio comedy Take It from Here, which aired on the BBC Light Programme in 1953. Television roles soon followed, including appearances with
June_Whitfield
BBC Radio 4 programme
Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest
Desert_Island_Discs
English actress (1922–1990)
Godsell". IMDb. Retrieved 23 December 2024. "Vanda Godsell - BBC Programme Index". BBC. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 23
Vanda_Godsell
Character
station BBC Radio 7 (now BBC Radio 4 Extra). In 2005 the station tracked down the then 93-year-old Coke for a half-hour interview programme, Peter Coke
Paul_Temple
British radio comedy show (1957–1972)
sufficiently popular to be moved to the national transmitters of the BBC Light Programme. The radio show was recorded in front of a studio audience, and there
The_Clitheroe_Kid
Radio show
Arthur Conan Doyle. A British-American co-production, it aired on the BBC Light Programme in the UK, and on the ABC network in the US. Celebrated British actors
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954 radio series)
The_Adventures_of_Sherlock_Holmes_(1954_radio_series)
British radio programme
colloquially known as the Today programme, is BBC Radio 4's long-running morning news and current-affairs radio programme. Broadcast on Monday to Saturday
Today_(BBC_Radio_4)
British radio and TV comedy series (1954 –1961)
exist. Welcome to London was broadcast live on 3 August 1958 on the BBC Light Programme from the London Coliseum to commemorate the Cardiff British Empire
Hancock's_Half_Hour
BBC radio comedy series
comprised three episodes. Subsequent series were broadcast on the BBC Light Programme (renamed BBC Radio 2 in September 1967). Series 2 (1965) had nine episodes
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
I'm_Sorry,_I'll_Read_That_Again
Irish TV and radio personality (1922–1987)
he presented the long-running Sports Report on the BBC Light Programme. In 1965, he left the BBC to join the ITV contractor ABC, where he was the first
Eamonn_Andrews
Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes
respectively in a 1957 radio adaptation on the BBC Home Service, and a 1964 radio adaptation on the BBC Light Programme. John Gielgud played Holmes and Ralph Richardson
The_Red-Headed_League
UK radio programme
long-running BBC Radio programme; it was based originally on the Top 20 from the UK singles chart and was first broadcast on the BBC Light Programme on 4 October
Pick_of_the_Pops
1994 live album and compilation album by the Beatles
the BBC is a 1994 live and compilation album featuring performances by the Beatles that were originally broadcast on various BBC Light Programme radio
Live at the BBC (Beatles album)
Live_at_the_BBC_(Beatles_album)
British radio comedy series (1949–1961)
half-hour programme which ran from April 1949 until January 1961. It started on 4 April 1949, being broadcast on Mondays at 7.30pm on the BBC Home Service
Ray's_a_Laugh
1891 short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes and Ralph Richardson as Watson aired in October 1954 on the BBC Light Programme. The production was also broadcast on NBC radio in January 1955,
A_Scandal_in_Bohemia
Canada BBC Home Service BBC National Programme BBC Light Programme BBC Regional Programme BBC Third Programme BBC Radio 5 (former) Radio 4 News FM BBC Radio
List of BBC television channels and radio stations
List_of_BBC_television_channels_and_radio_stations
list of television programmes broadcast by the BBC either currently or previously broadcast on the BBC in the United Kingdom. Programmes in this section
List of television programmes broadcast by the BBC
List_of_television_programmes_broadcast_by_the_BBC
1892 short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
Hardwick) (repeated on the BBC Home Service on 20 December 1962). A BBC adaptation by John Keir Cross broadcast on the BBC Light Programme on 14 December 1954
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
The_Adventure_of_the_Blue_Carbuncle
British writer (1909–1996)
BBC Light Programme ("Mid-Week Theatre"), 29 August 1962 "Bird's Eye View". BBC Light Programme, 12 October 1962 "A Necklace for the Warriors". BBC Light
Berkely_Mather
Programming broadcast on the British talk radio station
former programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 4. When it came into existence – on 30 September 1967 – Radio 4 inherited a great many continuing programme series
List of BBC Radio 4 programmes
List_of_BBC_Radio_4_programmes
1950s radio programme, broadcast on the BBC Light Programme and hosted by Terry-Thomas. The pilot episode was broadcast on 5 June 1953 on the BBC Home Service;
Top_of_the_Town
programme. Michael Ball took over in 2024 following Wright's death. --- BBC Radio 2 The Radio 2 Breakfast Show BBC Radio 1 BBC Light Programme "BBC Genome
List of BBC Radio 2 timeslots and presenters
List_of_BBC_Radio_2_timeslots_and_presenters
BBC radio programme
led to the programme's being broadcast nationally on Saturday mornings at 11:00 from 27 April to 13 July 1957 on the BBC Light Programme (under the title
Gardeners'_Question_Time
British radio disc jockey (1927–2006)
continued to present late evening programmes on the station until the early 1970s. In 1960 he moved to the BBC Light Programme as presenter of the Records Around
Alan_Freeman
Fictional character created by Arthur Conan Doyle
client for Holmes and, by the time Watson is up, has "had the good sense to light the fire" according to Holmes. She is the landlady of 221B Baker Street
Mrs._Hudson
British radio programme
shows during the late 1950s and early '60s. The show ran on the BBC Light Programme radio channel in Britain from December 1958 to the end of March 1964
Go_Man_Go_(radio_show)
British radio serial drama (1948–1969)
is the first significant BBC Radio serial drama. It was first broadcast on 5 January 1948 on the BBC Light Programme, later BBC Radio 2, running until 25
Mrs_Dale's_Diary
British radio show that ran in 1963
Beatles was a weekly radio show that ran for fifteen episodes on the BBC Light Programme from June to September 1963. Hosted by Lee Peters for the first four
Pop_Go_the_Beatles
British topical debate TV programme
debate programme, typically broadcast on BBC One at 10:45 pm on Thursdays. It is usually repeated on BBC Two (with British Sign Language) and on BBC Parliament
Question_Time_(TV_programme)
Light music composition by Ronald Binge
piece was used as the signature tune to Music in Miniature on the BBC Light Programme. In 1968, a reggae version titled "Elizabeth Reggay" by Boris Gardiner
Elizabethan_Serenade
1940s BBC radio show
The wartime programmes came to an end in December 1944, but Welsh Rarebit returned on Saint David's Day 1948 in the BBC Light Programme and ran (now
Welsh Rarebit (radio programme)
Welsh_Rarebit_(radio_programme)
Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
titled "Dr Watson Meets Mr Sherlock Holmes", which aired on the BBC Light Programme on 5 October 1954 as the first of a series of episodes featuring
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
The_Adventure_of_Charles_Augustus_Milverton
Radio show
were first broadcast on the BBC Home Service or the BBC Light Programme. The episodes were often broadcast as part of programmes such as Children's Hour or
Sherlock Holmes (1952 radio series)
Sherlock_Holmes_(1952_radio_series)
Hausa-language part of the BBC World Service
15-minute programme by the BBC World Service presented by Aminu Abdullahi Malumfashi: a translated version was later read by Abubakar Tunau in the programme West
BBC_Hausa
1924 adventure novel by P. C. Wren
Geste. 1947. BBC. Light Programme. Beau Geste. 1958. BBC. Light Programme. Beau Geste. 1994. BBC. Radio 4. Classic Serial: Beau Geste. 2009. BBC. Radio 4
Beau_Geste
British broadcaster and journalist
original presenter Keith Fordyce (1928–2011), a stalwart of the BBC Light Programme and Radio Luxembourg, was joined in 1964 by McGowan and Michael Aldred
Cathy_McGowan_(presenter)
English actor, comedian and writer (1929–2005)
Lieutenant-Commander Stanton in The Navy Lark, a navy based sitcom on the BBC Light Programme, which ran from 1959 to 1977, with Barker featuring in some 300 episodes
Ronnie_Barker
1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas
"BBC Radio 2 - The Three Musketeers (1970)". BBC Programme Index. 21 March 1970. "BBC Light Programme - The Three Musketeers (1946)". BBC Programme Index
The_Three_Musketeers
English actor (1925–1982)
from the BBC Archive. Comedy Parade, "The Kerbstone Twist Show", BBC Light Programme (1964) – Wingate Gibbon Sounds Familiar, BBC Light Programme (1967)
Harry_H._Corbett
The gramophone-based, presenter-led programme Just Jazz became a regular feature of the BBC Light Programme’s Saturday early-evening schedule, first
Just Jazz (BBC Radio Programme)
Just_Jazz_(BBC_Radio_Programme)
BBC radio comedy show
consternation at the BBC. T. W. Chalmers, the Controller of the BBC Light Entertainment Programme, considered the public had tired of the programme because Horne
Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh
British topical discussion programme
the BBC Light Programme (BBC Radio 2 from October 1967), although the discussion still came from venues in the West of England and the programme continued
Any_Questions?
Radio programme
listeners. The Hundred Best Tunes in the World was broadcast on the BBC Light Programme from 15 November 1959 until 7 February 1960, when Alan Keith's personal
Your_Hundred_Best_Tunes
British radio, film and television series
Special Agent is a radio thriller serial that was broadcast in the BBC Light Programme between 7 October 1946 and 30 March 1951. Produced and directed by
Dick_Barton
British 24-hour television news channel
BBC World News, initially operated as a counterpart carrying international news, as well as selected programmes from the domestic service. Unlike BBC
BBC_News_(British_TV_channel)
Flagship BBC evening news programme
BBC News at Ten (formerly known as the BBC Ten O'Clock News or the Ten O'Clock News) is the BBC's flagship evening/nightly news programme on British television
BBC_News_at_Ten
British TV sitcom (1964–1966)
and produced by Dick Clement. Twenty-one episodes were broadcast by the BBC, in three series, between 16 December 1964 and 23 July 1966, but only ten
The_Likely_Lads
British ventriloquist
Daisy May, was the first to have a national radio series on the BBC Light Programme. Born in Southwark, London, he worked for a printing company before
Saveen
Canadian actor (1909–1992)
BBC Home Programme in 1945–46, Shadow Man on Radio Luxembourg in 1955, Destination – Fire! Stories of a Fire Investigator on the BBC Light Programme (1962–1966)
Robert_Beatty
BBC radio sketch comedy show
Beyond Our Ken is a BBC radio comedy programme first broadcast between 1958 and 1964. It starred Kenneth Horne, with Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty
Beyond_Our_Ken
Serial radio program
future Doctor Who producer Peter Bryant. BBC Genome lists the programme as first transmitted on the BBC Light Programme on 13 February 1966 at 19:00 with the
The_Slide
British radio sci-fi programme (1953–1958)
series on the BBC Light Programme. Michael Standing, then Head of the BBC Variety Department, asked Chilton if he could write a sci-fi programme, and Journey
Journey_into_Space
British radio presenter, offshore broadcaster (born 1943)
before joining the BBC, initially broadcasting on the BBC Light Programme. Blackburn was the first disc jockey to broadcast on BBC Radio 1 at its launch
Tony_Blackburn
British national radio station
BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music
BBC_Radio_3
BBC radio horror series (1943–1955)
series between 1943 and 1955, initially on the BBC Home Service and from September 1945 on the Light Programme. The Man in Black was played by the British
Appointment_with_Fear_(radio)
British actor and radio presenter (1903–1953)
started as a Forces entertainment which after the war continued in the BBC Light Programme. In 1942 Warrender married Constance Elizabeth Fowles, daughter of
Harold_Warrender
British radio soap opera (since 1951)
listened-to non-news programme, and with more than one million listeners via the internet, the programme holds the record for BBC Radio online listening
The_Archers
British radio comedy show (1950–1960)
Educating Archie is a BBC Light Programme comedy show which was broadcast for nearly ten years between June 1950 and February 1960, mostly at lunchtime
Educating_Archie
BBC LIGHT-PROGRAMME
BBC LIGHT-PROGRAMME
Boy/Male
Sikh
Fight of God, Godly light
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Boy/Male
Irish
Small.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Multiple Lights; Lustre; Light; Glow; Gleam
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Like a Light; Possessor of Lights
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Light of the Right
Boy/Male
Scottish
Bank.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Alert; Sharp Night; Sharp; Moon Light
Girl/Female
Arabic, Finnish, Indian, Swedish
Shining Light; Lights
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Male Deer
Boy/Male
Hindu
One who lights lamps, Light, Brightness, Flame
Boy/Male
Indian
Light of the right guidance
Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian
A Light of Fight
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a happy, cheerful person, from Middle English lyght, Old English lēoht ‘light’ (not dark), ‘bright’, ‘cheerful’.English : nickname for someone who was busy and active, from Middle English lyght, Old English līoht ‘light’ (not heavy), ‘nimble’, ‘quick’. The two words lēoht and līoht were originally distinct, but they were confused in English from an early period.English : nickname for a small person, from Middle English lite, Old English l̄t ‘little’, influenced by lyght as in 1 and 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : presumably a nickname for a strong man.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Light in the Dark; Night; Nocturnal
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill or on a piece of raised ground, from Middle English heyt ‘summit’, ‘height’.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Sunshine; Radiance; Night; Radiant; Light
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Light; Night of Diwali; Possessor of Lights
Boy/Male
Muslim
Light of the right guidance
BBC LIGHT-PROGRAMME
BBC LIGHT-PROGRAMME
Girl/Female
German American
From the Old German name, meaning strong spear. Famous bearers: Hamlet's mother in the...
Girl/Female
Christian, Danish, German, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Luminous
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Murugan
Girl/Female
Biblical
Strong, valiant.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Friend, Soft hearted, Companion
Boy/Male
Tamil
Amritaya | à®…à®®à¯à®°à®¿à®¤à®¾à®¯à®¾
The immortal, Lord Vishnu
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Eternally Fresh Garland
Boy/Male
Tamil
Prachethi | பà¯à®°à®šà¯‡à®¤à¯€
Name of a sage
Girl/Female
Indian
Part of God
Girl/Female
Muslim
Pl of zinat, Ornament
BBC LIGHT-PROGRAMME
BBC LIGHT-PROGRAMME
BBC LIGHT-PROGRAMME
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superl.
Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind.
n.
Appearance due to the particular facts and circumstances presented to view; point of view; as, to state things fairly and put them in the right light.
superl.
Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil.
v. i.
To become ignited; to take fire; as, the match will not light.
v. i.
To feel light; to be made happy.
superl.
Slight; not important; as, a light error.
superl.
Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; as, light troops; a troop of light horse.
superl.
Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character.
superl.
Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light style of execution.
n.
To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
n.
To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up.
superl
Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; as, the apartment is light.
superl.
Well leavened; not heavy; as, light bread.
superl
White or whitish; not intense or very marked; not of a deep shade; moderately colored; as, a light color; a light brown; a light complexion.
superl.
Not strong or violent; moderate; as, a light wind.
superl.
Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; as, a light rain; a light snow; light vapors.
n.
Light-ship.
v. t.
To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
v. i.
To be illuminated; to receive light; to brighten; -- with up; as, the room lights up very well.