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Definitions for Sun

[1] (often initial capital letter ) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
[2] the sun considered with reference to its position in the sky, its visibility, the season of the year, the time at which or the place where it is seen, etc.
[3] a self-luminous heavenly body; star.
[4] sunshine; the heat and light from the sun: to be exposed to the sun.
[5] a figure or representation of the sun, as a heraldic bearing usually surrounded with rays and marked with the features of a human face.
[6] something likened to the sun in brightness, splendor, etc.
[7] Chiefly Literary . clime; climate. glory; splendor.
[8] sunrise or sunset: They traveled hard from sun to sun.
[9] Archaic . a day. a year.
[10] to expose to the sun's rays.
[11] to warm, dry, etc., in the sunshine.
[12] to put, bring, make, etc., by exposure to the sun.
[13] to be exposed to the rays of the sun: to sun in the yard.
[14] against the sun , Nautical . counterclockwise.
[15] place in the sun , a favorable or advantageous position; prominence; recognition: The new generation of writers has achieved a place in the sun.
[16] under the sun , on earth; anywhere: the most beautiful city under the sun.
[17] with the sun , Nautical . clockwise.
[18] Sunday.
[19] the star at the centre of our solar system. It is a gaseous body having a highly compressed core, in which energy is generated by thermonuclear reactions (at about 15 million kelvins), surrounded by less dense radiative and convective zones serving to transport the energy to the surface (the photosphere ). The atmospheric layers (the chromosphere and corona ) are normally invisible except during a total eclipse. Mass and diameter: 333 000 and 109 times that of earth respectively; mean distance from earth: 149.6 million km (1 astronomical unit) Related adjective: solar
[20] any star around which a planetary system revolves
[21] the sun as it appears at a particular time or place the winter sun
[22] the radiant energy, esp heat and light, received from the sun; sunshine
[23] a person or thing considered as a source of radiant warmth, glory, etc
[24] a pictorial representation of the sun, often depicted with a human face
[25] poetic a year or a day
[26] poetic a climate
[27] archaic sunrise or sunset (esp in the phrase from sun to sun )
[28] catch the sun to become slightly sunburnt
[29] place in the sun a prominent or favourable position
[30] shoot the sun or take the sun nautical to measure the altitude of the sun in order to determine latitude
[31] touch of the sun slight sunstroke
[32] under the sun or beneath the sun on earth; at all nobody under the sun eats more than you do
[33] to expose (oneself) to the sunshine
[34] (tr) to expose to the sunshine in order to warm, tan, etc
[35] Sunday

Words related to Sun

star, sunlight, shine, flare, daylight, tan, bask, sunrise, sol, aubade

Words nearby Sun

sumptuary law, sumptuous, sumter, sumter, fort, sumy, sun, sun also rises, the, sun animalcule, sun bath, sun bear, sun belt

Origin of Sun

before 900; Middle English sun, sonne, Old English sunne; cognate with German Sonne, Old Norse sunna, Gothic sunno; akin to Old Norse sōl, Gothic sauil, Latin sōl (see solar1), Greek hḗlios (see helio-), Welsh haul, Lithuanian saũlė, Polish słońce

Other words from Sun

sun·like , adjective

Word origin for Sun

Old English sunne; related to Old High German sunna, Old Frisian senne, Gothic sunno

Synonyms for Sun

star, sunlight, bask, daylight, flare, shine, sol, sunrise, tan, aubade