sun (sʌn
)
Definitions
noun
- the star at the centre of our solar system. It is a gaseous body having a highly compressed core, in which energy is generated by thermonuclear reactions (at about 15 million kelvins), surrounded by less dense radiative and convective zones serving to transport the energy to the surface (the photosphere). The atmospheric layers (the chromosphere and corona) are normally invisible except during a total eclipse. Mass and diameter: 333 000 and 109 times that of earth respectively; mean distance from earth: 149.6 million km (1 astronomical unit) related adjective solar
- any star around which a planetary system revolves
- the sun as it appears at a particular time or place ⇒
the winter sun
- the radiant energy, esp heat and light, received from the sun; sunshine
- a person or thing considered as a source of radiant warmth, glory, etc
- a pictorial representation of the sun, often depicted with a human face
- poetic a year or a day
- poetic a climate
- archaic sunrise or sunset (esp in the phrase from sun to sun)
- See catch the sun
- See place in the sun
- See shoot the sun
- See touch of the sun
- See under the sun
verb
Word forms: suns, sunning, sunned
- to expose (oneself) to the sunshine
- (tr) to expose to the sunshine in order to warm, tan, etc
Alternative Forms
ˈsunˌlike adjectiveWord Origin
Old English sunne; related to Old High German sunna, Old Frisian senne, Gothic sunnoTranslations
- British English:
sun
The sun is the ball of fire in the sky that the Earth goes round, and that gives us heat and light.The sun was low in the sky.sʌn NOUN The sun was low in the sky.
- Spanish:
sol
nm
- French:
soleil
nm
- German:
Sonne
nf
- Chinese: 太阳 n
- Arabic: شَمْس n
- Portuguese: sol nm
- Russian: солнце nnt
- Croatian: sunce nnt
- Czech: slunce nnt
- Danish: sol nutr
- Dutch: zon n
- Finnish: aurinko n
- Greek: ήλιος nm
- Italian: sole nm
- Japanese: 太陽 n
- Korean: 태양 n
- Norwegian: sol nm
- Polish: słońce nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: sol nm
- European Spanish:
sol
nm
- Swedish: sol nutr
- Thai: พระอาทิตย์ n
- Turkish: güneş n
- Vietnamese: mặt trời n
Usage examples
It was hard to see anything to the west, against the setting sun.
, LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)Homebuyers looking for a place in the sun in France should make sure they seek proper legal advice, the Law Society has warned.
Country Life (2004)To help his audience he equated the lifetime of the sun to a walk from New York City across the US to California.
Irish Times (2002)With the home side four ahead, the second half petered out much like the sinking sun.
Glasgow Herald (2001)As the sun sinks, Sunset comes alive with black leather, Spandex, studs.
, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)