Sun
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English
Noun
Sun (plural Suns)- (astronomy) A star, especially when seen as the center of any single solar system.
- (proper noun) Sun (capitalized): A star which the Earth revolves around.
- The largest object in the solar system, the Sun is a large ball of hot plasma powered by nuclear fusion.
- The light and warmth which is received from the sun.
- Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.
Verb
Sun (third-person singular simple present Suns, present participle sunning, simple past and past participle sunned)
- (transitive) To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.
- (transitive) To warm or dry in the sunshine.
- (intransitive) To be exposed to the sun.
Adjectives for Sun
burning; scorching; blazing; devouring; broiling; morning; autumn; tropic; night; meridian; invisible; declining; rising; dipping; lowering; centrifugal; dazzling; unconquered; pitiless; kindling; bronze; sinking; fierce; vanished; setting; earthly; ancient; climbing; ardent; glorious; outdoor; brazen; dying; cloudless; lurid; rounding; smoldering; vertical; slanting; circling; majestic; vernal; merciless; killing; radiant; mimic; descended, glaring; unveiled; temperate; retreating; warmer; conflagrant; sickly; wheeling; early; gaudy; worshiped; garish; insistent; fervent; uncurled; central; bleak; naked; universal; smiting; vaporous; blushing; sleepy; fierce; ruddy; treacherous; unshaded; alien; noontide; withdrawing; scarlet; warm; pleasant; soul-expanding; waning; extinguished; external; earth-invisible (plural).
Verbs for Sun
bask in—; bathe in—; block off—; eclipse—; expose to—; obscure—; protect from—; revel in—; salute—; scorn—; shield from—;squint at—; worship—; —anneals; —ascends; —bakes; —beats down; —blinds; — blisters; —blushes; —breaks; —burnishes; —climbs; —clouds; —clothes; —creeps; — crowns; —dazzles; —declines; —dims; — dips; —dogs ; —draws; —drenches; — eclipses; —fades; —flames; —flays; —floods; —gilds ; —gyrates ; — haunts; —heralds; —melts; —mirrors; — nourishes; —paints; —parches; —peeps out; —penetrates; —pours; —presses down; — radiates; —renews; —retreats; —salutes; — sears; —shadows; —shines; —sinks; — smiles upon; —smites; —stimulates; — strikes; —tinges; —vanishes; —veils; — wearies; —withdraws; —withers.
Thesaurus
daylight, daystar, decade, defective year, dehumidify, dehydrate, desiccate, drain, dry, electric light bulb, evaporate, exsiccate, fire, fiscal year, flame, fortnight, glim, hour, illuminant, illuminator, incandescent body, insolate, kiln, lamp, lantern, leap year, light, light bulb, light source, luminant, luminary, lunar month, lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, man-hour, match, microsecond, millennium, millisecond, minute, moment, month, moon, mummify, orb, orb of day, parch, phoebus, photosphere, quarter, quinquennium, radiance, radiation, regular year, rub, scorch, sear, second, semester, session, shrivel, sidereal year, smoke, soak up, solar flare, solar prominence, solar wind, solar year, source of light, sponge, star, stars, sun-dry, sunbathe, sunlight, sunshine, swab, taper, term, torch, torrefy, towel, trimester, twelvemonth, weazen, week, weekday, wipe, wither, wizen, year, Amen-Ra, Apollo, Helios, Hyperion, Sol, Surya, Titan, abundant year, academic year, air-dry, anhydrate, annum, bake, bask, bissextile year, blot, brush, burn, calendar month, calendar year, candle, celestial body, century, chromosphere, common year, corona, cure, day.
