to relight

Examples

• All

• Fester seizes it and nurses the flame, using it to relight the rest of the candles.

  Fiction book (1991)

• After a pause to relight his pipe, he pushed down on the rod to start the thing up.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Somebody will have to go back and relight them.

  Alien³ (1992)

• While you escape, I'll relight the fuse.

  Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)

• Could you do me a big favor and relight the pilot in the basement?

  Valentine (2001)

• He used a kitchen match to relight the stub of his cigar.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Prisoners relight their cigarettes.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I'm just calling, um... because I'm in the basement... and I'm trying to get the water heater working, um... because the pilot light's out and I don't know how to relight it.

  Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

• "Raise a light," he ordered Rogers, "there is no one 'ere." The task of relighting his bull's-eye in the all-encompassing darkness of those silent rooms took Serjeant Rogers only a moment.

  Fiction book (1990)

• After the storm put out our campfire, we needed to relight it before cooking dinner.

Synonyms

R

to rekindle

vsto relight

33 5.1

Make a feeling or interest strong again

is restricted to restarting a physical flame after it had been extinguished

R

to reignite

vsto relight

3 5.6

To make a fire or embers start burning again

is the usual way of making a flame burn again after it went out

R

to relume

vsto relight

9.9

To light something again after it goes out, for example a lamp or candle

is about causing a flame or small fire to start burning again

R

to reillume

vsto relight

• Literature

9.9

To light something again, like a room or a feeling

is focused on restarting an actual flame or lamp that has gone out

Antonyms

E

to extinguish

23 4.4

Stop a fire, candle, or other light from burning

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Etymology