sun English
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]
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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.}}
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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
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halo Noun
(en-noun)
(astronomy) A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
(astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
(religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
Synonyms
* (luminous disc around head of saints in paintings) aureole, nimbus
Derived terms
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Verb
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To encircle with a halo.
Related terms
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