Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Light; open.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of daylight.
  • adjective provided with daylight

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Examples

  • Proponents say that Strawberry Creek will be partially "daylighted" or excavated from underground storm drains which currently bury it for people to enjoy and learn about creek ecology and the regional watershed, though the original creekbed of Strawberry Creek, which is open on the UC Berkeley campus to the east, runs a block south of Center Street

    The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper By Riya Bhattacharjee 2010

  • Unlike some parts of the creek it has remained "daylighted," flowing in its traditional streambed.

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News By LARRY LANGE / SPECIAL TO SEATTLEPI.COM 2010

  • For years city rules mandated that the creek be "daylighted" as part of any expansion project.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • 'L.A. Confidential' (1997) The LAPD of director Curtis Hanson's daylighted noir (with spectacularly subtle cinematography by Dante Spinotti) is a big, big barrel of bad apples, in this adaptation of the James Ellroy novel, scripted by Mr. Hanson and Brian Helgeland ("Mystic River").

    'Safe House': Familiar Blueprint, Despite Denzel John Anderson 2012

  • Earlier this month, we daylighted a CDC report that showed perchlorate contamination in infant formula.

    Enviroblog: Best of Enviroblog 2009: Top 10 posts Archives 2010

  • Actually, the creek, while it is being daylighted, is a compromise between environmental groups and the builders.

    Seattle Shopping Mall Evolves into a Mixed-Use Village 2008

  • The new polls are consistent with other polls over the past few months showing unease with the "big brother" stories that have daylighted recently.

    Stephen Kaus: Judges Not Needed in New Bush Law Enforcement Concept 2008

  • Instead they have it designated as a “channel” which means it gets daylighted but they can develop all they want around it.

    Seattle Shopping Mall Evolves into a Mixed-Use Village 2008

  • When I died to this world, at the age of sixteen, I never looked on a daylighted street again, not in Florence or anywhere.

    Vittorio, The Vampire Rice, Anne, 1941- 1999

  • The same afternoon we daylighted the anchor, mastheaded the sails, crested the briny wave like a Yankee sea-serpent, and on the second day let go no fool of a piece of crooked iron off dirty Deptford.

    A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

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