Sun vs Rat - What's the difference?
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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= (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
Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.Webster's College Dictionary , Random House, 2001
* Bible, Psalms lxxiv. 11
* Eikon Basilike
(chiefly, literary) Sunrise or sunset.
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*: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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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.
(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus .
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, title= (informal) A term indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles and mice) having bodies longer than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
(informal) A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel; a quisling.
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
(informal) An informant or snitch.
(slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
Scab.
Vagina.
A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
To betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in, bewray.
To kill rats.
As an adjective rat is
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Alternative forms
* (sense) (capitalized) SunProper noun
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)- Lambs that did frisk in the sun .
- For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
- I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity.
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 sunVerb
(sunn)See also
* aphelion * helio- * parhelion * perihelion * solar * sunnExternal links
* (wikipedia "sun")References
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(wikipedia rat)Noun
(en noun)Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
- He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house.
Synonyms
* (person known for betrayal) traitor (see for more synonyms ) * (informer) stool pigeonDerived terms
* black rat * brown rat * desert rat * give a rat's ass * * like rats from a sinking ship * love rat * mall rat * ratface * ratfink * ratter * rat race * rattail * ratty * rat's nest * rat-trap * ring rat * smell a rat * gym ratSee also
* mouse * rodentVerb
(ratt)- He ratted on his coworker.
- He is going to rat us out!