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sun `noun` [ sʌn ]

• the star round which the earth orbits.

• "the sun shone from a cloudless sky"

• the light or warmth received from the earth's sun.

• "we sat outside in the sun"

Similar: sunshine, sunlight, daylight, light, warmth, beams, rays,

• a day or a year.

• "after going so many suns without food, I was sleeping"

sun `verb`

• sit or lie in the sun.

• "Buzz could see Clare sunning herself on the terrace below"

Similar: sunbathe, bask, bake, get a tan, tan, brown,

Origin: Old English sunne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zon and German Sonne, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hēlios and Latin sol .

Sun. `abbreviation`

• Sunday.

against the sun

• against the direction of the sun's apparent movement (in the northern hemisphere); from right to left or anticlockwise.
"the westerly winds that blow against the sun are aggressive"

one's moment in the sun

• the period during which a person or thing achieves the greatest level of success, acclaim, or appreciation.
"it was lovely to see hardworking teachers get their moment in the sun"

on which the sun never sets

• (of an empire) worldwide.
"the coins were a memory of that Empire upon which the sun had never set"

shoot the sun

• ascertain the altitude of the sun with a sextant in order to determine one's latitude.

under the sun

• on earth; in existence (used in expressions emphasizing the large number of something).
"they exchanged views on every subject under the sun"

with the sun

• in the direction of the sun's apparent movement (in the northern hemisphere); from left to right or clockwise.
"he would go westward, with the sun"

sun noun [ sʌn ]

sun verb

Sun. abbreviation