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Noun: sun  sún
  1. 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"; "the Earth revolves around the Sun";
    - Sun
     
  2. The rays of the sun
    "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind";
    - sunlight, sunshine
     
  3. A person considered as a source of warmth, energy or glory etc
     
  4. Any star around which a planetary system revolves
Verb: sun (sunned,sunning)  sún
  1. Expose one's body to the sun
    - sunbathe, sunbake [Austral, informal]
     
  2. Expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun
    "These herbs suffer when sunned";
    - insolate, solarize, solarise [Brit]
Noun: Sun
  1. The day between Saturday and Monday; usually regarded as the last day of the week (day 7), and the second day of the weekend; traditionally observed as a day of rest and worship by Christians
    - Sunday, Lord's Day, Dominicus

Sounds like: sone, sewn, sow

Derived forms: suns, sunning, sunned

Type of: day of rest, expose, important person, influential person, lie, light, personage, rest day, star, visible light, visible radiation

Part of: solar system, weekend

Encyclopedia: Sun, Sand and Surf