LIGHTNING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash)
   • can scintillate for a second or more
   Hypernyms(s) lightning is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • flash (what does flash mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • heat lightning (what does heat lightning mean?)
   • sheet lighting (what does sheet lighting mean?)
2. Meaning
   • abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
   Hypernyms(s) lightning is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • atmospheric electricity (what does atmospheric electricity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • forked lightning (what does forked lightning mean?)
   • chain lightning (what does chain lightning mean?)
   • thunderbolt (what does thunderbolt mean?)
   • bolt (what does bolt mean?)
   • bolt of lightning (what does bolt of lightning mean?)