sun

UK /sʌn/ US /sʌn/
noun 8name 6verb 4

Definitions

name

1

The star that is closest to the Earth.

And the cite hath no nede of the ſunne nether of the mone to lyghten hit. For the bꝛynghtnes off God dyd light hitt: and the lambe was the light off hit.

"I suppose I may have leave to do that!" Yes, she could do that, he said, but there was no road to that place; it lay east of the sun and west of the moon, and she could never find her way there.

noun

1

A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.

Because Haestrom's sun has overwhelmed the planet's protective magnetosphere, humans foolhardy enough to venture into geth-controlled Haestrom must exercise extreme caution. Minutes of radiation exposure will overload shields and hours of exposure will kill.

2

The light and heat which are received from the Sun; sunshine or sunlight.

Lambs that did frisk in the sun.

His fair hair waved long and freely over a white and unwrinkled forehead: the life of a camp and the suns of Italy had but little embrowned his clear and healthful complexion, which retained much of the bloom of youth.

3

Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.

For the Lord God is the ſunne & ſhield vnto vs: […]

[…] I will never conſent to put out the Sun of Sovereigntie to all Poſterity, […]

4

Sunrise or sunset.

Imo[gen].[…]Prythee ſpeake, / How many ſtore of Miles may we well rid / Twixt houre, and houre? / Piſ[anio]. One ſcore 'twixt Sun, and Sun, / Madam's enough for you: and too much too. / Imo[gen]. Why, one that rode to's Excution Man, / Could neuer go ſo ſlow: […]

[W]hileſt many an hunger-ſtarved poore creature pines in the ſtreet, wants clothes to cover him, labours hard all day long, runs, rides for a trifle, fights peradventure from Sun to Sun, ſick and ill, weary, full of paine and griefe, is in great diſtreſſe and ſorrow of heart.

5

A revolution of the Earth around the Sun; a year.

verb

1

To expose to the heat and radiation of the sun.

Beautiful bodies lying on the beach, sunning their bronzed limbs.

There were lots of zany antics and we tried not to stare too obviously at the beautiful women toplessly sunning themselves...

2

To warm or dry in the sunshine.

3

To be exposed to the sun.

4

To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.

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