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lighter

['laɪtə] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. 1. осветитель (о человеке); техник-осветитель
  2. осветительный прибор
2. зажигалка
3. тех. запал, запальник
1. сущ.; мор.
  лихтер, шаланда
2. гл.; мор.
  транспортировать лихтером; использовать лихтер

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lighter

см cigarette lighter

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Artwork within Ubuntu became lighter and more pleasant on the eye.
Внешний вид Ubuntu стал светлей и более приятен для глаз.
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ 1/3/2012
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/ 1/3/2012

Now the gaoler had a daughter, a pleasant wench and good-hearted, who assisted her father in the lighter duties of his post.
У тюремщика была дочка, приятная девчонка, к тому же добросердечная, которая помогала отцу в нетрудных делах во время его дежурств.
Грэм, Кеннет / Ветер в ивахGrahame, Kenneth / The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
Grahame, Kenneth
© 1908, 1913, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Ветер в ивах
Грэм, Кеннет
© Издательство "Детская литература", 1988

She fished about in her bag again, looking for her lighter.
– Она рылась в сумочке, ища зажигалку.
Waters, Sarah / The Night WatchУотерс, Сара / Ночной дозор
Ночной дозор
Уотерс, Сара
© 2006 by Sarah Waters
© А. Сафронов, перевод с английского, 2008
© Издание на русском языке, ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2008
The Night Watch
Waters, Sarah
© 2006 by Sarah Waters

He was lighting a fresh cigarette. He clicked shut the lighter and brought his eyebrows down.
Прикурив, Фрэнсис захлопнул зажигалку и нахмурился:
Tartt, Donna / The Secret HistoryТартт, Донна / Тайная история
Тайная история
Тартт, Донна
© 1992 by Donna Tartt
© Д. Бородкин, Н. Ленцман, перевод на русский язык, 2007
© ООО "Издательская группа "Аттикус", 2009
The Secret History
Tartt, Donna
© 1992 by Donna Tartt

"I laughed, thinking it was a cigar lighter of some sort," said his wife.
- Я засмеялась, думала, это такая зажигалка, - вставила миссис Стоун.
Bradbury, Ray / The Wonderful Death of Dudley StoneБрэдбери, Рэй / Удивительная кончина Дадли Стоуна
Удивительная кончина Дадли Стоуна
Брэдбери, Рэй
© 1955 by Ray Bradbury
© Аллунан Н., Анисимов С., Воронежская М., Жданов Л., Жданова Т., Куняева Н., Левкин А., Облонская Р., Оганян А., Пчелинцев М., Трофимов С., Шинкарь Т., перевод на русский язык, 2010
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2010
The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone
Bradbury, Ray
© 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1955 by Ray Bradbury

Holding that hand up where it would touch nothing, he took his lighter out of his pocket with his other hand.
Подняв испачканную руку, чтобы ни к чему случайно не прикоснуться, другой рукой он вынул из кармана зажигалку.
Hammett, Dashiell / The Maltese FalconХэммет, Дэшилл / Мальтийский сокол
Мальтийский сокол
Хэммет, Дэшилл
© Dashiell Hammett, 1929, 1930
© Перевод. Ю. Здоровов, 2010
© Издание на русском языке AST Publishers, 2010
The Maltese Falcon
Hammett, Dashiell
© 1929, 1930 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
© 1956, 1957 by Dashiell Hammett

They crossed the terminal, Don still leading the way with his lighter in his right hand.
Они пересекли зал, Гаффни - впереди, в руке - зажигалка.
King, Stephen / The LangoliersКинг, Стивен / Лангольеры
Лангольеры
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 1990
© Перевод. В.А. Вебер, 1997
© "Фирма "Издательство АСТ"", 1999
The Langoliers
King, Stephen
© Stephen King, 1990

Instead of forming of a portion of elements dark at the opposite, lighter part of transition on FIG. 4b, the same elements, marked on FIG. 4c, are formed light.
Если на фиг. 46 часть темных элементов на участках (E) и (G) оказалась с противоположной от границы, светлой стороны, то те же элементы, выделенные жирной линией на фиг. 4в сформированы светлыми.
http://www.patentlens.net/ 11/1/2011
http://www.patentlens.net/ 11/1/2011

Deputy Alston reached out to unplug the cigarette lighter, saw the light scattering of ashes around it, and paused.
Помощник шерифа Олстон протянул руку, чтобы вытащить прикуриватель, увидел табачный пепел, и его рука застыла над прикуривателем.
King, Stephen / Lisey's storyКинг, Стивен / История Лизи
История Лизи
Кинг, Стивен
Lisey's story
King, Stephen
© 2006 by Stephen King

Respecting him less, Thou wouldst have asked less of him. That would have been more like love, for his burden would have been lighter.
Уважая его менее, менее бы от него и потребовал, а это было бы ближе к любви, ибо легче была бы ноша его.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

“That is a good question,” Hertcomb said, his tone lighter now that his curiosity had been aroused.
– Хороший вопрос, – сказал Хертком менее тревожным тоном и с интересом.
Liss, David / A Spectacle Of CorruptionЛисс, Дэвид / Ярмарка коррупции
Ярмарка коррупции
Лисс, Дэвид
© И. Нелюбова, перевод, 2007
© Издательский дом "Азбука-классика", 2007
© 2004 by David Liss
A Spectacle Of Corruption
Liss, David
© 2004 by David Liss

I turned the jeans' left pocket inside out and found more hair and a sterling silver cigar clipper and lighter.
Я вывернула левый карман джинсов и обнаружила те же волосы, серебряные щипцы для сигар и зажигалку.
Cornwell, Patricia / Black NoticeКорнуэлл, Патриция / Чёрная метка
Чёрная метка
Корнуэлл, Патриция
© 2007, АСТ
© перевод А. Савинов
Black Notice
Cornwell, Patricia
© copyright 1999 by Cornwell Enterprises, Inc.

The remaining three sides are composed of mansions that have passed away into dowagerism--tall, dark houses, with window-frames of stone, or picked out of a lighter red.
Остальные состоят из особняков, знававших лучшие дни, - это высокие темные дома с каменными или окрашенными в более светлые тона карнизами.
Thackeray, William Makepeace / Vanity FairТеккерей, Уильям Мейкпис / Ярмарка тщеславия
Ярмарка тщеславия
Теккерей, Уильям Мейкпис
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1976
Vanity Fair
Thackeray, William Makepeace
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2001

A third, and lighter, piece of wood was bound across them at the top, uniting them, so that the whole thing looked like a doorway from nowhere into nowhere.
Третий более легкий кусок дерева был привязан к верхушкам, соединяя их, так что в целом эта штука выглядела как дверной проем из ниоткуда в никуда.
Lewis, Clive S. / Prince CaspianЛьюис, Клайв С. / Принц Каспиан
Принц Каспиан
Льюис, Клайв С.
© 1956 C. S. Lewis, "The Narnia Chronicles"
© Перевод Ольги Бухиной
Prince Caspian
Lewis, Clive S.
© 1956 C. S. Lewis, "The Narnia Chronicles"

As anonymous as cash and a hell of a lot lighter than the pocketful of change he used to have to carry.
Не менее анонимная, чем наличные, и чертовски легче полного кармана мелочи, которую до сих пор приходилось таскать при себе.
Wilson, Paul Francis / ConspiraciesВилсон, Пол Фрэнсис / Бездна
Бездна
Вилсон, Пол Фрэнсис
Conspiracies
Wilson, Paul Francis
© 2000 by F. Paul Wilson

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'laɪtəNounосветитель; техник-осветитель

User translations

Noun

1.
зажигалка
translation added by Дмитрий Куплинов
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The part of speech is not specified

1.
зажигалка
translation added by Katia Bacho
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Collocations

cigarette lighter

зажигалка

covered lighter

палубный лихтер

derrick lighter

плавучий деррик-кран

ex lighter

с лихтера

ex lighter

франко-лихтер

fuse lighter

зажигательная свеча

gas lighter

газовая зажигалка

gas lighter

газовый запальник

harbor lighter

портовый лихтер

lighter aboard ship

судно для перевозки груженных барж

lighter carrier

лихтеровоз

lighter-than-air aircraft

ЛА легче воздуха

lighter-than-air engineering

дирижаблестроение

lighter-than-air gas

газ легче воздуха

lighter-than-air probe

плавающий зонд

Word forms

light

adverb

Positive degree	light
Comparative degree	lighter
Superlative degree	lightest

light

adjective

Positive degree	light
Comparative degree	lighter
Superlative degree	lightest

lighter

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	lighter	lighters
Possessive case	lighter's	lighters'

lighter

verb

Basic forms
Past	lightered
Imperative	lighter
Present Participle (Participle I)	lightering
Past Participle (Participle II)	lightered

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I lighter	we lighter
you lighter	you lighter
he/she/it lighters	they lighter

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am lightering	we are lightering
you are lightering	you are lightering
he/she/it is lightering	they are lightering

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have lightered	we have lightered
you have lightered	you have lightered
he/she/it has lightered	they have lightered

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been lightering	we have been lightering
you have been lightering	you have been lightering
he/she/it has been lightering	they have been lightering

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I lightered	we lightered
you lightered	you lightered
he/she/it lightered	they lightered

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was lightering	we were lightering
you were lightering	you were lightering
he/she/it was lightering	they were lightering

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had lightered	we had lightered
you had lightered	you had lightered
he/she/it had lightered	they had lightered

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been lightering	we had been lightering
you had been lightering	you had been lightering
he/she/it had been lightering	they had been lightering

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will lighter	we shall/will lighter
you will lighter	you will lighter
he/she/it will lighter	they will lighter

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be lightering	we shall/will be lightering
you will be lightering	you will be lightering
he/she/it will be lightering	they will be lightering

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have lightered	we shall/will have lightered
you will have lightered	you will have lightered
he/she/it will have lightered	they will have lightered

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been lightering	we shall/will have been lightering
you will have been lightering	you will have been lightering
he/she/it will have been lightering	they will have been lightering

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would lighter	we should/would lighter
you would lighter	you would lighter
he/she/it would lighter	they would lighter

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be lightering	we should/would be lightering
you would be lightering	you would be lightering
he/she/it would be lightering	they would be lightering

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have lightered	we should/would have lightered
you would have lightered	you would have lightered
he/she/it would have lightered	they would have lightered

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been lightering	we should/would have been lightering
you would have been lightering	you would have been lightering
he/she/it would have been lightering	they would have been lightering

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am lightered	we are lightered
you are lightered	you are lightered
he/she/it is lightered	they are lightered

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being lightered	we are being lightered
you are being lightered	you are being lightered
he/she/it is being lightered	they are being lightered

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been lightered	we have been lightered
you have been lightered	you have been lightered
he/she/it has been lightered	they have been lightered

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was lightered	we were lightered
you were lightered	you were lightered
he/she/it was lightered	they were lightered

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being lightered	we were being lightered
you were being lightered	you were being lightered
he/she/it was being lightered	they were being lightered

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been lightered	we had been lightered
you had been lightered	you had been lightered
he/she/it had been lightered	they had been lightered

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be lightered	we shall/will be lightered
you will be lightered	you will be lightered
he/she/it will be lightered	they will be lightered

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been lightered	we shall/will have been lightered
you will have been lightered	you will have been lightered
he/she/it will have been lightered	they will have been lightered

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Noun

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light

light

lighter

lighter

The Universal Dictionary
It is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.