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sun

UK/sʌn/ US/sʊn/ very common literary
noun (5) verb (2)

noun

1.

a typical 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”
2.

the rays of the sun

  • “the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind”
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3.

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

4.

any star around which a planetary system evolves

5.

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

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verb

1.

expose one''s body to the sun

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2.

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”
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Origin

From Middle English soen, son, sone, sonne, sun, sune, sunna, sunne, sunnæ, synne, zonne, zunne, from Old English sunna, sunne, sunnu (“sun”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (“sun”), from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen-, oblique of Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Phrases

  • catch the sun
  • clear as the sun at noonday
  • day in the sun
  • everything under the sun
  • Fifth Sun
  • fix the roof while the sun is shining
  • fly too close to the sun
  • follow the sun
  • sun up

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