LIGHTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lighted mean? 

• LIGHTED (adjective)
  The adjective LIGHTED has 2 senses:

1. set afire or burning

2. provided with artificial light

  Familiarity information: LIGHTED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGHTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set afire or burning

Synonyms:

lighted; lit

Context example:

a lit firecracker

Similar:

ablaze; afire; aflame; aflare; alight; on fire (lighted up by or as by fire or flame)

enkindled; ignited; kindled (set afire)

Antonym:

unlighted (not set afire or burning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provided with artificial light

Synonyms:

illuminated; lighted; lit; well-lighted

Context example:

a well-lighted stairwell

Similar:

light (characterized by or emitting light)

 Context examples 

Grant Munro rushed into the lighted room at the top, and we entered at his heels.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“There are no signs here, but the ground is iron hard, and one would not expect them. I see that these candles in the mantelpiece have been lighted.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A short distance away lookouts were set, their task being to watch the lighted ends of the bridge.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

For instance, Charley, you are coming along the trail. It is night. You see a cabin. The window is lighted.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

But, Peggotty told me, when she lighted me to a little chamber where the Crocodile book was lying ready for me on the table, that he always was the same.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I fell to the floor, feeling very faint, while he sat down, lighted a cigar, and watched me as a cat watches a mouse.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"No," answered the Scarecrow; "it's a lighted match."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

As soon as the soldier was alone again, he lighted his pipe and summoned the black manikin.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

And the next moment his eye lighted up with professional ambition.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

And one of the men left the log-house and presently returned with a lighted brand.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)