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As a proper noun bright is

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sun

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* (sense) (capitalized) Sun

Proper noun

  • The star that the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary , Oxford University Press, 1998
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    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
    Usage notes
    * The Sun is traditionally regarded as masculine.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
  • The light and warmth which is received from the sun.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Lambs that did frisk in the sun .
  • Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.Webster's College Dictionary , Random House, 2001
  • * Bible, Psalms lxxiv. 11
    • For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
  • * Eikon Basilike
    • I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity.
  • (chiefly, literary) Sunrise or sunset.
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  • *, p.184 (republished 1832):
  • *:whilst many an hunger-starved poor 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 pain and grief, is in great distress and sorrow of heart.
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    • Derived terms

    * everything under the sun * sunbath * sunbathe * sunblock * sunburn * sun cream * sun cure * sun deck * sundial * sundown * sunflower * sunglass * sunglasses * sun god * sun hat * sun lamp * sunlight * sunly * sunny * sun protection factor * sunrise * sunscreen * sunset * sunshine * sun shower * sunspot * sunstead * sunstroke * suntan * sunup * sun visor * talk about everything under the sun

    Verb

    (sunn)
  • To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.}}
  • To warm or dry in the sunshine.
  • To be exposed to the sun.
  • To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.

    • See also

    * aphelion * helio- * parhelion * perihelion * solar * sunn

    External links

    * (wikipedia "sun")

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    bright

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.
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  • *:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
  • *Sir (Francis Drake) (c.1540-1596)
  • *:The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright .
  • * (1800-1859)
  • *:The public places were as bright as at noonday.
  • *(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) (1807-1882)
  • *:The sun was bright o'erhead.
  • Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
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  • * Episode 16
  • *:—Ah, God, Corley replied, sure I couldn't teach in a school, man. I was never one of your bright ones, he added with a half laugh.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Revenge of the nerds , passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}
  • Vivid, colourful, brilliant.
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  • *(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
  • *:Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
  • Happy, in (soplink).
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  • *1937 , , (The Hobbit) , Ch.11:
  • *:Their spirits had risen a little at the discovery of the path, but now they sank into their boots; and yet they would not give it up and go away. The hobbit was no longer much brighter than the dwarves. He would do nothing but sit with his back to the rock-face and stare.
  • Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Be bright and jovial among your guests.
  • Illustrious; glorious.
  • *(Charles Cotton) (1630-1687)
  • *:the brightest annals of a female reign
  • Clear; transparent.
  • *(James Thomson) (1700-1748)
  • *:From the brightest wines / He'd turn abhorrent.
  • (lb) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
  • *(Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
  • *:with brighter evidence, and with surer success

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * * brighten * bright-eyed * bright-eyed and bushy-tailed * brightness * bright side * bright young thing * brightwork * eyebright

    See also

    * (Brights movement)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
  • (obsolete) splendour; brightness
  • * Milton
    • Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear.
  • (neologism) A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.
  • * {{quote-news, date = 2003-06-20
    • , title = The future looks bright , first = Richard , last = Dawkins , authorlink = Richard Dawkins , newspaper = (The Guardian) , issn = 0261-3077 , url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/jun/21/society.richarddawkins , passage = Brights' constitute 60% of American scientists, and a stunning 93% of those scientists good enough to be elected to the elite National Academy of Sciences (equivalent to Fellows of the Royal Society) are ' brights . }}
  • * {{quote-book, date = 2006-02-02
    • , title = Breaking the Spell: Religion As a Natural Phenomenon , first = Daniel C. , last = Dennett , authorlink = Daniel C. Dennett , location = New York , publisher = Viking , isbn = 9780670034727 , ol = 3421576M , page = 27 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=yWtwDDqR61QC&pg=PA27&dq=brights , passage = Many of us brights' have devoted considerable time and energy at some point in our lives to looking at the arguments for and against the existence of God, and many ' brights continue to pursue these issues, hacking away vigorously at the arguments of believers as if they were trying to refute a rival scientific theory. }}
  • * {{quote-book, date = 2008-03-17
    • , title = The Delusion of Disbelief: Why the New Atheism Is a Threat to Your Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness , first = David , last = Aikman , location = Carol Stream , publisher = Tyndale House Publishers , isbn = 9781414317083 , ol = 24967138M , page = 28 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=zn6XkS-4BJcC&pg=PA28&dq=brights , passage = Dawkins has received appreciative letters from people who were formerly what he derisively calls "faith-heads" who have abandoned their delusions and come over to the side of the brights , the pleasant green pastures where clear-eyed, brave, bold, and supremely brainy atheists graze contentedly. }}
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    • Antonyms

    * (non-supernaturalist) (neologism) super, supernaturalist

    Hyponyms

    * (non-supernaturalist) atheist

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