lighting

To start (a fire).

“We lit the fire to get some heat.”

To set fire to; to set burning.

“She lit her last match.”

To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.

“I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.”

To become ignited; to take fire.

“This soggy match will not light.”

To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.

To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.

“Light the extra ball by amassing 500 million points in the wizard mode.”

To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter

To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.

To find by chance.

“I lit upon a rare book in a second-hand bookseller's.”

To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice

To alight; to land or come down.

“She fell out of the window but luckily lit on her feet.”

The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.

The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.

The process of annealing metals.