Lighten

Definition

lighten 1 / 'laÇtn / v ၁။ ဝန္ေလ်ာ့သည္။ lighten a load / pack ❍ ( fig ) lighten the burden of taxation. ၂။ ေပါ့ပါးသြားသည္။ ေပါ့ပါးေစသည္။ lighten sb’s mood ❍ My mood gradually lightened. ၃။ ဟာသေႏွာသည္။ lighten (up) one’s speech with a few jokes. lighten 2 / 'laÇtn / v ၁။ လင္းေစသည္။ The new windows have lightened the room considerably. ၂။ ဝင္းလက္သည္။ လင္းလက္သည္။ His face lightened as she told him the news. ❍ The sky was lightening in the east.

Examples

1. Gina tried to lighten the atmosphere by telling a joke.
2. The skies lightened and the rain stopped.
3. We need to hire someone else to lighten the workload.