sun
A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
“I have been broiling in the sun all morning.”
Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.
Sunrise or sunset.
Verb 4 meanings
To expose to the heat and radiation of the sun.
“Beautiful bodies lying on the beach, sunning their bronzed limbs.”
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.
Etymology
From Middle English soen, son, sone, sonne, sun, sune, sunna, sunne, sunnæ, synne, zonne, zunne, from Old English sunna, sunne, sunnu (“sun”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (“sun”), from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen-, oblique of Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
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SUN at a glance
SUN has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + N 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,115 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with sun
All rhymes- BOSUN7
- AFTERSUN11
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