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uplight en · NOUN

Etymology

From up- + light. Compare Saterland Frisian apljuchte (“to illuminate”), West Frisian opljochtsje (“to illuminate”), Dutch oplichten (“to illuminate”), German Low German upluchten, uplüchten (“to illuminate”), German aufleuchten (“to illuminate”).

Meanings

1. A recessed light fixture that directs the light in an upward direction.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
uplights	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Synonyms

uplighter

uplight en · VERB

Etymology

From up- + light. Compare Saterland Frisian apljuchte (“to illuminate”), West Frisian opljochtsje (“to illuminate”), Dutch oplichten (“to illuminate”), German Low German upluchten, uplüchten (“to illuminate”), German aufleuchten (“to illuminate”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To light up, illuminate.
   • Save in the withered woods alone, where flashing bolts from Heaven Uplit the scene, and poured the fire, amid the branches riven. 1858, The Knickerbocker, volume 51, page 80:
2. (transitive) To illuminate from below.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
uplights	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
uplighted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
uplighted	Tense=Past		lexicographic
uplit	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
uplit	Tense=Past		lexicographic
uplighting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

Translations (1)

mi tūrama arorangi (To illuminate from below)