OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2912

lightning

/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
rayo • relámpago
A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder.
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
rayo
A discharge of this kind.
That tree was hit by lightning.
The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand.
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