to lantern
- verb
- /ˈlæn.tɚn/
:
iluminar con faroles
- We need to lantern the garden for the party.
Examples
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The festival organizers lanterned the entire street, making it glow beautifully during the night.
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Volunteers lanterned the path to guide visitors safely at night.
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They lanterned the garden walkway every evening during the festival.
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The old street was beautifully lanterned for the holiday celebration.
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They lanterned the path for the evening event.
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They lanterned the garden path to create a warm and inviting atmosphere for the evening party.
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She carefully lanterned the entrance of the cave, ensuring they could find their way back easily.
Compounds
- Archaic
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8.7
An early projector that uses glass slides and a lamp to show images on a wall
A plant with bright orange, papery, lantern-shaped coverings around its small fruit
- Specialized
A small wheel used in clocks that has short metal bars instead of teeth
- Archaic
A small glass picture in a frame that you show on a screen with a projector
A large tropical insect with bright colors and a long snout, once thought to give light
A plant from northern California with groups of bright yellow egg-shaped flowers
A large poisonous mushroom with orange caps that grows in tight groups and gills that glow in the dark
An oil lamp with a glass chimney and a metal lid that protects the flame from strong wind
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Etymology
The verb lantern comes from the noun lantern and simply means 'to light with lanterns' or to place lanterns so a place is lit or marked, so to lantern a path is to light or mark it with lanterns.