Meaning

The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun..

Definitions by Sense

1. The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.
2. A location on which the sun's rays fall.
3. (figurative) Geniality or cheerfulness.
4. (figurative) A source of cheerfulness or joy.
5. The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
6. (UK, Ireland) A friendly form of address often reserved for juniors.
7. (UK, Ireland) An ironic form of address directed toward an individual perceived as inferior or troublesome.
8. (humorous) Used to address someone who has just woken up or is very sleepy.

Example Sentences

We were warmed by the bright sunshine.

Oft tymes a thinge doth floꝛiſh, and men thynke that it maye abyde the Sonneſhyne: it ſhuteth foꝛth the bꝛaunches in his garden, it taketh many rotes, in ſo moch that it is like an houſe off ſtones.

And all the ſhrubs, vvith ſparkling ſpangles, ſhevv / Like Morning-Sun-ſhine tinsilling the devv.

Sunshine, everybody loves the sunshine / Sunshine, folks get down in the sunshine / Sunshine, folks get brown in the sunshine

If there was no sunshine / Then life on Earth would not survive / Just like I would surely die / Without your love

We moved out of the shade and into the sunshine.

Out again into the sunshine by the wide mouth of the Green River, as the chart named the brook whose level stream scarce moved into the lake. A streak of blue shot up it between the banks, and a shrill pipe came back as the kingfisher hastened away.

I enjoyed the sunshine of her smile.

Word Forms

• sunshines
• sun-shine

Synonyms for sun shine

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