sun

Meaning

Name

The star that the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.

Noun

1. A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
2. The light and warmth which is received from the sun; sunshine or sunlight.
3. Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.
4. Sunrise or sunset.
5. A revolution of the Earth around the Sun; a year.
6. A transversing of the sky by the Sun; a day.
7. The nineteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
8. The thirty-first Lenormand card.

Verb

1. To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.
2. To warm or dry in the sunshine.
3. To be exposed to the sun.
4. To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.

Noun

A traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches).

Noun

Alternative form of sunn (“the plant”)

Concepts

sun

day

Sun

solar

sunlight

sunshine

dry

sol

dry in the sun

expose to the sun

sunbathe

clock

glow

moon

star

insolate

watch

hot

heat of the sun

air

bask in the sun

dry in the air

expose

expose to the wind

have some fresh air

take an airing

bask in the sunshine

put out in the sun

take a sunbath

day-star

solar disk

bask

solarise

solarize

of the sun

solair

sun-

light

daylight

fixed star

sun-god

god

providence

light of day

epithet of the sun

fire

light giving

making light

sunbeam

brilliance

glory

sunrise

sunset

sun-dry

fit for

golden disc

time of day

year

years

Sol

sunflower

sun in splendour

month

timepiece

bright

brilliant

male

masculine

positive electricity

belittle

despise

scorn

daytime

set

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sʌn/

Etymology

From Middle English sonne, sunne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen-, oblique of Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). See also Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, German Low German Sünn, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Icelandic sunna; outside of Germanic, Welsh huan, Sanskrit स्वर् (svar), Avestan 𐬓𐬇𐬧𐬔 (xᵛə̄ṇg)). Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar.

Sentences

The sun thought for a minute .

The sun thought about that , and decided to shine more brightly .

The sun shines on both sides of the hedge .