Definition of Sun in English :

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Sun meaning in English

Meaning of Sun in English

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Sun pronunciation in English

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Sun

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Noun

1. sun

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

Example Sentences:
'the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system'
'the Earth revolves around the Sun'

2. sun, sunlight, sunshine

the rays of the sun

Example Sentences:
'the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind'

3. sun

a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc

4. sun

any star around which a planetary system revolves

5. dominicus, lord's day, sun, sunday

first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

Verb

6. sun, sunbathe

expose one's body to the sun

7. insolate, solarise, solarize, sun

expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun

Example Sentences:
'insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble'
'These herbs suffer when sunned'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Sun

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noun
1. 
the star at the centre of our solar system. It is a gaseous body having a highly compressed core, in which energy is generated by thermonuclear reactions (at about 15 million kelvins), surrounded by less dense radiative and convective zones serving to transport the energy to the surface (the photosphere). The atmospheric layers (the chromosphere and corona) are normally invisible except during a total eclipse. Mass and diameter: 333 000 and 109 times that of earth respectively; mean distance from earth: 149.6 million km (1 astronomical unit)
▶ Related adjective: solar
2. 
any star around which a planetary system revolves
3. 
the sun as it appears at a particular time or place
the winter sun
4. 
the radiant energy, esp heat and light, received from the sun; sunshine
5. 
a person or thing considered as a source of radiant warmth, glory, etc
6. 
a pictorial representation of the sun, often depicted with a human face
7. poetic
a year or a day
8. poetic
a climate
9. archaic
sunrise or sunset (esp in the phrase from sun to sun)
10.  catch the sun
11.  place in the sun
12.  shoot the sun
13.  touch of the sun
14.  under the sun
verbWord forms: suns, sunning or sunned
15. 
to expose (oneself) to the sunshine
16. (transitive)
to expose to the sunshine in order to warm, tan, etc
abbreviation for
Sunday

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Sun

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Sunday
noun
1.  [often S-]
the self-luminous, gaseous central star of the solar system: magnitude, -26; mean distance from the earth, c. 149.6 million km (c. 93 million mi); diameter, c. 1.4 million km (c. 864,000 mi); mass, c. 332,000 times that of the earth; volume, c. 1.3 million times that of the earth; mean density, c. 0.25 times that of the earth; central temperature, c. 15 to 20 million degrees K; surface temperature, c. 6,000°K; rotational period, c. 27 earth days
, with the
2. 
the heat or light of the sun
to lie in the sun
3. 
any star that is the center of a planetary system
4. 
something like the sun, as in warmth or brilliance
verb transitiveWord forms: sunned or ˈsunning
5. 
to expose to the sun's rays; warm, dry, bleach, tan, etc. in or as in the sunlight
verb intransitive
6. 
to sun oneself
noun
1. 
an East Indian annual plant (Crotalaria juncea) of the pea family, grown for its bast fiber used in making rope, bagging, cigarette papers, etc.
2. 
its fiber

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Sun

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abbr.
Sunday
n.
1. often Sun The star around which Earth and other planets orbit. It provides heat and light to Earth. It has a mean distance from Earth of about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles), a diameter of approximately 1,391,000 kilometers (864,000 miles), and a mass about 333,000 times that of Earth.
2. A star that is the center of a planetary system.
3. The radiant energy, especially heat and visible light, emitted by the sun; sunshine.
4. A sunlike object, representation, or design.
v. sunned, sun·ning, suns
v.tr.
To expose to the sun's rays, as for warming, drying, or tanning.
v.intr.
To expose oneself or itself to the sun.

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