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lights

[ lahyts ]

plural noun

  1. the lungs, especially of sheep, pigs, etc.


lights

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/ ɪٲ /

plural noun

  1. a person's ideas, knowledge, or understanding

    he did it according to his lights

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lights

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/ ɪٲ /

plural noun

  1. the lungs, esp of sheep, bullocks, and pigs, used for feeding pets and occasionally in human food
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lights1

First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English lihte, lightes, noun use of liht light 2; lung
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lights1

C13: plural noun use of light ², referring to the light weight of the lungs
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Mobile phone footage, filmed by one of the paramedics who was killed, showed the vehicles did have lights on as they answered a call to help wounded people.

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A surviving paramedic previously told the BBC that the ambulances were clearly marked and had their internal and external lights on.

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Then it would probably be lights out at about 10:30 p.m.

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He’s proving to be a difference-maker, a fearless attacker who doesn’t know — or won’t accept — his place among soccer’s brightest lights.

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The survivor, Munther Abed, insisted that "all lights were on" until the vehicles came under direct fire.

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