Daylight

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  • noun. The light of day; sunlight.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Dawn.
  • noun. Daytime.
  • noun. Exposure to public notice.
  • noun. Understanding or insight into what was formerly obscure.
  • noun. An opening, as between defensive players, especially one providing an opportunity for action.
  • noun. One's wits.
  • idiom. (see daylight) To make sufficient progress so that completion of a project seems possible.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The light of day; the direct light of the sun, as distinguished from night and twilight, or from artificial light.
  • noun. Daytime as opposed to night-time; the time when the light of day appears; early morning.
  • noun. The space left in a wine-glass between the liquor and the brim, and not allowed when bumpers are drunk, the toast-master calling out, “No daylights!”
  • noun. plural The eyes.
  • noun. A name of the American spotted turbot, Lophopsetta maculata, a fish so thin as to be almost transparent, whence the name. Also called window-pane.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.
  • noun. The eyes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
  • noun. A light source that simulates daylight.
  • noun. The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
  • noun. The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
  • noun. Daybreak.
  • noun. Exposure to public scrutiny.
  • noun. A clear, open space.
  • noun. The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
  • noun. Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.
  • verb. To expose to daylight
  • verb. To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
  • verb. To allow light in, as by drawing drapes.
  • verb. To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
  • verb. To gain exposure to the open.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. light during the daytime
  • noun. the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
  • Word Usage
    "The phrase "daylight robbery" is said to have emanated from this period."
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    darkness  night  
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