Canadian English Meaning of lightning

lightning

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Definitions and Meaning of lightning in English

Wordnet

lightning (n)

abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more

Webster

lightning (n.)

A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.

The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.

Webster

lightning (vb. n.)

Lightening.

FAQs About the word lightning

lightning

abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light, the flash of light that accompanies an electric disch

brisk,fast,galloping,quick,fast,fast,accelerated,Blistering,breakneck,Breathless

Crawling,deliberate,dragging,lingering,slow,Sluggish,dawdling,slow to act,laggard,languid

lightness => lightness, light-mindedness => light-mindedness, light-minded => light-minded, lightman => lighting technician, lightly-armed => lightly armed,