sun
Speech parts
1. sun - Noun
2. sun - Verb
3. Sun - Proper noun
Meaning
See Sunn.
The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000.
Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.
The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.
That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.
To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.
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insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble
These herbs suffer when sunned
2000 In May 2000, in a very rare event, several planets lay in the vicinity of the Sun in the sky as seen from the Earth, and a series of conjunctions took place.
11 Ursae Minoris is an orange giant of spectral type K4III around 1.8 times as massive as the Sun.
A ballad Orbison wrote - "The Clown" - met with a lukewarm response; after hearing it, Sun Records producer Jack Clement told Orbison that he would never make it as a ballad singer.
A 91-year-old, 1,568-square-foot house, with a living room that has a fireplace, a kitchen with stainless-steel appliances, a sun room with a vaulted ceiling and a deck, on 0.17 acres.