lights
the lungs, especially of sheep, pigs, etc.
Origin of lights
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How to use lights in a sentence
In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
Instead of lights and gifts, this one is filled with broken promises and guilt.
The Friday Night lights television show featured characters talking of “Texas forever.”
Many told me they exchanged Christmas gifts, while others shared that they put up Christmas lights on the outside of their house.
How could the holidays be merry and bright without Holiday lights?
She skilfully manages the side-lights, and by this means produces strong effects.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
Physiology of The Opera | John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")Two many-branched candelabra, holding wax lights, brilliantly illuminate the game.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsLamb fills his case, and lights this the ne plus ultra of a soothing weed.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsAnd as bronze reflects the light, her mentality seemed to reflect all the cold lights in her nature.
Bella Donna | Robert Hichens
British Dictionary definitions for lights (1 of 2)
/ (laɪts) /
a person's ideas, knowledge, or understanding: he did it according to his lights
British Dictionary definitions for lights (2 of 2)
/ (laɪts) /
the lungs, esp of sheep, bullocks, and pigs, used for feeding pets and occasionally in human food
Origin of lights
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