Sun

[sʌn]

Definition

(noun.) the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system; 'the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system'; 'the Earth revolves around the Sun'.

(noun.) any star around which a planetary system revolves.

(noun.) a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc.

(verb.) expose one's body to the sun.

(verb.) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; 'insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble'; 'These herbs suffer when sunned'.

Edited by Barbie--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) See Sunn.

(n.) The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000.

(n.) Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.

(n.) The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.

(n.) That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.

(v. t.) To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.

Editor: Lucia

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Day-Star, orb of day.

Edited by Hamilton

Definition

n. the body which is the source of light and heat to our planetary system: a body which forms the centre of a system of orbs: that which resembles the sun in brightness or value: the sunshine: a revolution of the earth round the sun a year: sunrise day: (her.) a bearing representing the sun.—v.t. to expose to the sun's rays.—v.i. to become warm in the sunshine:—pr.p. sun′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. sunned.—n. Sun′beam a beam or ray of the sun.—adjs. Sun′-beat -en smitten by the rays of the sun.—ns. Sun′-bird a family of small tropical birds the male with resplendent metallic plumage; Sun′-bitt′ern a South American bird about the size of a small curlew long-legged and long-necked with brilliant many-coloured markings; Sun′-bonn′et a light bonnet projecting beyond the face to protect from the sun; Sun′bow an iris formed by the sun esp. in the spray of a cataract; Sun′burn a burning or scorching by the sun esp. the browning of the skin of the face hands &c. exposed to the sun.—adjs. Sun′burned Sun′burnt burned or discoloured by the sun.—n. Sun′burst a strong outburst of sunlight.—adj. Sun′-clad clothed in radiant light.—ns. Sun′-crack one of the superficial markings frequently seen on the surfaces of thin-bedded flagstones and argillaceous sandstones; Sun′dawn the light of the dawning sun; Sun′dew a plant of the genus Drosera found in bogs and moist heathy ground; Sun′-dī′al an instrument for measuring time by means of the motion of the sun's shadow cast by a style erected on its surface; Sun′-dog a mock sun or parhelion; Sun′down sunset: a hat with a wide brim to shade the eyes; Sun′downer in Australia a loafer who saunters from station to station in the interior arriving about sundown in the hope of getting free rations and lodging for the night: a physician in government employment who practises for private fees after his official hours.—adj. Sun′-dried dried by exposure to the sun.—ns. Sun′-fish a fish whose body resembles the forepart of a larger fish cut short off supposed to be so called from its nearly circular form; Sun′flower a plant so called from its flower which is a large disc with yellow rays; Sun′god the sun considered as a deity; Sun′hat a light hat with wide brim to shade the face from the sun.—adj. Sun′less without the sun: deprived of the sun or its rays: shaded: dark.—ns. Sun′lessness; Sun′light the light of the sun.—adjs. Sun′like like the sun; Sun′lit lighted up by the sun.—n. Sun′-myth a solar myth (see Solar).—p.adj. Sunned exposed to the sun.—n. Sun′niness.—adj. Sun′ny pertaining to coming from or like the sun: exposed to warmed or coloured by the sun's rays.—ns. Sun′-pict′ure -print a photograph; Sun′rise Sun′rising the rising or first appearance of the sun above the horizon: the time of this rising: the east; Sun′set Sun′setting the setting or going down of the sun: the west; Sun′shade a ladies' parasol: an awning; Sun′shine the shining light of the sun: the place on which it shines: warmth.—adjs. Sun′shine Sun′shiny bright with sunshine: pleasant: bright like the sun; Sun′-smitt′en smitten by the rays of the sun.—ns. Sun′spot one of the dark irregular spots appearing on the surface of the sun; Sun′stone aventurine feldspar.—adj. Sun′-strick′en.—n. Sun′stroke a nervous disease from exposure to the sun.—adv. Sun′ward toward the sun.—ns. Sun′-wor′ship adoration of the sun; Sun′-wor′shipper.—Be in the sunshine Have the sun in one's eyes to be in liquor to be drunk; Take the sun to ascertain the latitude from the sun; Under the sun in the world on earth.

Editor: Lucius