sun

Meanings

Plural: sun, suns

Noun

• the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
  • "the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system"
  • "the Earth revolves around the Sun"
• the rays of the sun
  • "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"
• a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc
• any star around which a planetary system revolves
• first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
• A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
• The light and heat which are received from the sun; sunshine or sunlight.
• Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.
• Sunrise or sunset.
• A revolution of the Earth around the Sun; a year.
• A transversing of the sky by the Sun; a day.
• The nineteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
• The thirty-first Lenormand card.
• A traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches).
• Alternative form of sunn (“the plant”).

Verb

• expose one's body to the sun
• expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun
  • "These herbs suffer when sunned"
• To expose to the heat and radiation of the sun.
• 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.

Name

• The star that Earth revolves around, and from which it receives light and heat.

Synonyms

apricate, Dominicus, insolate, Lord's Day, solarise, solarize, sunbathe, Sunday, sunlight, sunshine

Related Words

aphelion, helio-, parhelion, perihelion, solar, south, sunn

Anagrams of sun