floodlight
verb/ˈflʌdlaɪt/
/ˈflʌdlaɪt/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they floodlight | /ˈflʌdlaɪt/ /ˈflʌdlaɪt/ |
| he / she / it floodlights | /ˈflʌdlaɪts/ /ˈflʌdlaɪts/ |
| past simple floodlit | /ˈflʌdlɪt/ /ˈflʌdlɪt/ |
| past participle floodlit | /ˈflʌdlɪt/ /ˈflʌdlɪt/ |
| -ing form floodlighting | /ˈflʌdlaɪtɪŋ/ /ˈflʌdlaɪtɪŋ/ |
- to light a place or a building using floodlights
- be floodlit The swimming pool is floodlit in the evenings.
- floodlit tennis courts
- floodlight something They floodlight the aqueduct each night.
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