sun

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US /sʌn/ UK /sʌn/
noun name Freq #830

Meanings

  1. 1
    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

  2. 2
    noun

    the rays of the sun

    the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind

  3. 3
    name

    The star that is closest to the Earth.

    And the cite hath no nede of the ſunne nether of the mone to lyghten hit. For the bꝛynghtnes off God dyd light hitt: and the lambe was the light off hit.

  4. 4
    noun

    A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.

    Because Haestrom's sun has overwhelmed the planet's protective magnetosphere, humans foolhardy enough to venture into geth-controlled Haestrom must exercise extreme caution. Minutes of radiation exposure will overload shields and hours of exposure will kill.

  5. 5
    noun

    The light and heat which are received from the Sun; sunshine or sunlight.

    Lambs that did frisk in the sun.

  6. 6
    noun

    Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.

    For the Lord God is the ſunne & ſhield vnto vs: […]

  7. 7
    noun

    Sunrise or sunset.

    Imo[gen].[…]Prythee ſpeake, / How many ſtore of Miles may we well rid / Twixt houre, and houre? / Piſ[anio]. One ſcore 'twixt Sun, and Sun, / Madam's enough for you: and too much too. / Imo[gen]. Why, one that rode to's Excution Man, / Could neuer go ſo ſlow: […]

  8. 8
    noun

    A transversing of the sky by the Sun; a day.

    Four suns since was the word brought to me from ‘She-who-must-be-obeyed,’ ‘White men come; if white men come, slay them not.’ Let them be brought to the house of ‘She-who-must-be-obeyed.’

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 (svàr), Avestan 𐬓𐬇𐬧𐬔 (xᵛə̄ṇg)). Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · the rays of the sun sunshine
Word family
Derived forms aftersunantisuncountersunglory-of-the-sunlow-sunprotosunsun-angelsun-bathsun-bitternsun-blindsun-bonnetedsun-bunny
Related forms aphelionhelio-parhelionperihelionsolarsouthsunn

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