English to afrikaans meaning of

lightening

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "verlig" is die handeling of proses om iets ligter in gewig of kleur te maak. Dit kan ook verwys na die voorkoms van 'n helder flits lig in die lug, tipies tydens 'n donderstorm, wat veroorsaak word deur die ontlading van elektrisiteit in die atmosfeer. Let daarop dat "weerlig" en "weerlig" twee verskillende woorde met verskillende betekenisse is, alhoewel hulle op dieselfde manier uitgespreek word. "Bliksem" verwys spesifiek na die elektriese ontlading in die atmosfeer, terwyl "weerlig" verwys na die daad om iets ligter te maak.

Sentence Examples

  1. At last I tore my eyes from it for a moment, and saw that the hail curtain had worn threadbare, and that the sky was lightening with the promise of the sun.
  2. Overhead vents drove fingers of heat down his collar, loosening his coat and lightening his mood.
  3. My mind and heart felt like a stroke of lightening hit.
  4. Then the two stuck their sticks inside, lightening the liquid to a light caramel brown.
  5. It began with the faintest lightening along the eastern ridge of the world, a band of lighter dark that altered to a shimmer of pink which spread across the sea, slow and secure and then swifter as the sun was reborn.
  6. As he moved toward the stairs, Tessa threw him a grateful smile for lightening the mood a little.
  7. It was while reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens that an idea struck me like lightening.
  8. I hugged my arms to my chest, stepped out into the lightening morning, and inhaled the fresh scent of dew.
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