lightening
11lightening / lightning — Lightening is a verb that means to reduce the weight of : My course load needs lightening if I am to complete this course successfully. Lightning refers to the electrical discharge in the sky: Fred captured the image of a bolt of lightning… …
12lightening — The operation (normally carried out at anchor) of transferring crude oil cargo from a large tanker to a smaller tanker, so reducing the draft of the larger tanker to enable it to enter port …
13lightening — /luyt n ing/, n. Med. the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity, occurring toward the end of pregnancy, changing the contour of the abdomen and facilitating breathing by lessening pressure under the diaphragm. [1520 30; LIGHTEN2 + ING1] *… …
14lightening — noun a) The sensation caused by the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity before the onset of labour b) The removal of cargo (especially crude oil) from a vessel in order to reduce its draft …
15Lightening — Освещение; Облегчение; Выщелачивание …
16lightening — Synonyms and related words: abatement, achromatization, allayment, alleviating, alleviation, alleviative, assuagement, blanching, bleach, bleaching, blunting, brightening, calming, damping, deadening, decoloration, decolorization, decolorizing,… …
17lightening — light·en || laɪtn v. make lighter; lessen the weight or load; relieve of worry; become lighter; become less heavy; become cheerful; illuminate; brighten; make a color lighter …
18lightening — noun a drop in the level of the womb during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of the fetus engages in the pelvis …
19lightening — n. the sensation experienced, usually after the 36th week of gestation, by many pregnant women, particularly those carrying their first child, as the presenting part of the fetus enters the pelvis. This reduces the pressure on the diaphragm and… …
20lightening — /ˈlaɪtənɪŋ/ (say luytuhning) noun the descent of the foetus into the pelvic cavity so that the head becomes engaged …
