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[ adjective ] emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
Examples "the sun was bright and hot" "a bright sunlit room" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)A bright sun and brisk wind had the track in a fast condition for_the_first_time this week and 8280 St._Patty_Day celebrants bet $ 842617 on the well prepared program . (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)The half-intensity diameter of the main lobe of the antenna was about 18 ' .5 , and the brightness temperature was reduced by assuming a Gaussian_shape for the antenna beam and a uniformly bright disk for the moon . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)For_example , bright sunlight is rapidly destructive for living microorganisms suspended in air . (A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)Such sections showed bright yellow-green specific fluorescence in the cells of the pseudophloem tissue ( Lee and Black , 1955 ) . However , the nonspecific staining by the * * f in tumor sections was considered bright enough to be confused with the staining of small amounts of WTV antigen . |
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[ adjective ] (color) having striking color
Examples "bright greens" "brilliant tapestries" "a bird with vivid plumage" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)In a brighter nautical vein is Ile_de_France blue . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)That cold_frame was my morale_builder ; its mass of bright bloom set in a border of snow made my spirits rise every time I looked at it . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)They ate the cafeteria food with its orange sauces and Scotty gazed without interest at his food , the teachers , the heroic baronial windows , and the bright ranks of college banners . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)McFeeley noted the immaculate lawn and gardens : each blade of grass cropped , bright and firm ; each shrub glazed with good_health . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] characterized by quickness and ease in learning
Synonyms Examples "some children are brighter in one subject than another" "smart children talk earlier than the average" Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)One can assume that some of the brightest boys are out of town . (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)In the following year her father undertook to give a course in Hebrew theology to Johns_Hopkins students , and this brought to the Szold house a group of bright young Jews who had come to Baltimore to study , and who enjoyed being fed and mothered by Mamma and entertained by Henrietta and Rachel , who played and sang for them in the upstairs sitting_room on Sunday evenings . Both these youths , who greatly admired Henrietta , were somewhat younger than she , as were also the neighboring Friedenwald boys , who were then studying medicine ; and bright though they all were , they could not possibly compete for her interest with Papa , whose mind - although he never tried to dazzle or patronize lesser lights with it - naturally eclipsed theirs and made them seem to her even younger than they were . And just as `` Laurie '' Lawrence was first attracted to bright Jo_March , who found him immature by her high standards , and_then had to content himself with her younger sister Amy , so Joe_Jastrow , who had also been writing Henrietta before he came to Johns_Hopkins , had_to content himself with her younger sister , pretty Rachel . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having lots of light either natural or artificial
Examples "the room was bright and airy" "a stage bright with spotlights" Used in print (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)A flashlight or electric lantern also should be available for those periods when a brighter light is needed . (Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)Airy and bright , the apartment was furnished with good modern furniture , rugs , and draperies . (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)Then the darkness thinned , and there was light again , and_then bright sunlight . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
Examples "bright silver candlesticks" "a burnished brass knocker" "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves" "rows of shining glasses" "shiny black patents" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] with brightness
Synonyms Examples "the stars shone brilliantly" "the windows glowed jewel bright" Used in print (Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)Lighted windows glowed jewel bright through the downpour . |
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[ adjective ] splendid
Examples "the bright stars of stage and screen" "a bright moment in history" "the bright pageantry of court" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] characterized by happiness or gladness
Examples "bright faces" "all the world seems bright and gay" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] clear and sharp and ringing
Synonyms Examples "the bright sound of the trumpet section" "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 915
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[ adjective ] full or promise
Synonyms Examples "had a bright future in publishing" "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career" Related terms |
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