Sun
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sʌn/
Quick meaning: Sun meaning The star that is closest to the Earth.
Meaning
The star that is closest to the Earth.
More Meanings
- (astronomy) 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.
- (figurative) Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.
- (uncountable, chiefly literary) 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.
Example Sentences
Lambs that did frisk in the sun.
For the Lord God is the ſunne & ſhield vnto vs: […]
[…] I will never conſent to put out the Sun of Sovereigntie to all Poſterity, […]
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.
Word Forms
- sunne
- suns
- sunning
- sunned
Synonyms for sun
Depending on context, synonyms include apricate, sunlight, sunshine, sunbathe.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sunlight, sunshine, sunbathe, earth, stars, sky.
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