daylight
To expose to daylightTo expose to daylight
» Tom got home just before daylight.
Tom kehrte kurz vor Tagesanbruch heim. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom kam kurz vor Tagesanbruch nach Hause. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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6 sensesTo expose to daylight
To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
(intransitive)To gain exposure to the open.
The seam of coal daylighted at a cliff by the river.
(intransitive)To moonlight (work a second, often illicit job) during the daytime.
Examples
91 sentencesTom got home just before daylight.
deTom kehrte kurz vor Tagesanbruch heim. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom doesn't like daylight savings time.
Tom doesn't like daylight saving time.
We should get there by daylight.
It scared the daylights out of me.
Origin
From Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝtFrom Middle English daye-lighte, dey liȝht, dailiȝt, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days lyȝt, daies liht), equivalent to day + light. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deegeslucht, Daisljoacht (“daylight”), West Frisian deiljocht (“daylight”), Dutch daglicht (“daylight”), German Tageslicht (“daylight”).
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Forms
daylights, daylighting, daylighted, daylighted| Base form | daylight · to daylight |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | daylights |
| Present participle | daylighting |
| Past simple | daylighted / daylit |
| Past participle | daylighted / daylit |
regular
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle