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As a proper noun gun is

sun

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Alternative forms

* (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

, 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.

*, 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.

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.

, 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.

External links

* (wikipedia "sun")

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gun

English

(wikipedia gun)

Etymology 1

(etyl) Lady Gunilda which was a huge crossbow that used powerful shot. It later became used for firearms like cannons and muskets. The (etyl) woman’s name “Gundahild” is cognate to modern Scandinavian Gunhild. In Old Norse gunnr meant “battle", “war" + hildr (Old English cognate: hild), a word also meaning battle (for its usage as a female name see: Hilda), but in this context means "battle maid”.

Noun

(en noun)

A .

*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect.

#A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol or Derringer.

#A less portable, long firearm, bullet or projectile firing; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.

#(lb) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.JP 1-02. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 8 November 2010 (As Amended Through 15 March 2012) , p.142. ([//www.dtic.mil/doctrine/dod_dictionary/ Searchable online version])

#(lb) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more. See also: howitzer; mortar.

#(lb) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.

#*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.

A and acting in a manner similar to a firearm.

#Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.

#A device or tool that projects a substance.

#A device or tool that something rather than projecting it.

(lb) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).

*2000 , Drew Kampion, '' surfline.com

*:by the winter of 1962, the Brewer Surfboards Hawaii gun was the most in-demand big-wave equipment on the North Shore.

(lb) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.

*2000 , Gary William Flake, The computational beauty of nature

*:The glider gun on the bottom of the NOT circuit emits a continuous stream of gliders, while the data stream source emits a glider only when there is a value of 1 in the stream.

*2010 , Andrew Adamatzky, Game of Life Cellular Automata , p.74:

*:Greene's period-416 2c /5 spaceship gun

(lb) A man who carries or uses a rifle, shotgun or handgun.

The biceps.

Violent blasts of wind.

Derived terms

* air gun, airgun * BB gun * big gun * blowgun, blow gun * cap-gun * chase gun * coilgun, coil gun * costain gun * electric gun * electron gun * flame gun * flare gun * flashgun * Gardner gun * Gatling gun * Gauss gun * glue gun * go great guns * grease gun * gunboat * gun cotton, guncotton * gun culture * gun dog, gundog * gunfight * gunfighter * gunfire * gunflint * gun lobby * gunman * gunmetal * gunner * gunnery * gunplay * gunpoint * gunport * gunpowder, gun powder * gunroom * gunrunner * gunrunning * gunship * gunshot * gunshy, gun-shy, gun shy * gunsight * gunslinger * gunsmith * gunstock * gunzel * handgun * hired gun * hookgun * Hotchkiss gun * jump the gun * laser gun, laser-gun, lasergun * light gun * long gun * machine gun, machine-gun * minigun * nailgun, nail gun * Nordenfelt gun * pellet gun * popgun, pop gun * Quaker gun * radar gun * rail gun, railgun * railroad gun * railway gun * ray gun, ray-gun, raygun * shotgun, shot-gun * six-gun * smoking gun * son of a gun * spear gun * spring gun * spud gun * squirt gun * staple gun * Sten gun * stick to one’s guns * stun gun * stutter gun * submachine gun * swivel gun * Tommy gun * toy gun * under the gun * water gun * young gun * zipgun

Verb

(gunn)

To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.

He gunned down the hitmen .

The CEO gunned down that idea before we could present it to the board.

To speed something up.

He gunned the engine .

To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.

He’s gunning for you .

To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone.

He's been gunning for you ever since you embarrassed him at the party.

To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning .

Derived terms

* gun down * gun it * outgun

Etymology 2

From (gunna), from (gonna), from (going to)

Verb

(head)

I'm gun go get da gun from da closet.

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