Sun Definition

sŭn

sunned, sunning, suns

noun

suns

The self-luminous, gaseous central star of the solar system: magnitude, −26.74; mean distance from the earth, c. 149.6 million km (c. 93 million mi); diameter, c. 1.4 million km (c. 864,000 mi); mass, c. 332,000 times that of the earth; volume, c. 1.3 million times that of the earth; mean density, c. 0.25 times that of the earth; central temperature, c. 15 to 28 million degrees K; surface temperature, c. 6,000°K; rotational period, c. 27 earth days.

Webster's New World

Any star, esp. one that is the center of a planetary system.

Webster's New World

The heat or light of the sun.

To lie in the sun.

Webster's New World

A sunlike object, representation, or design.

American Heritage

Something like the sun, as in warmth or brilliance.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

pronoun

The star which the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.

Wiktionary

verb

sunned, sunning, suns

To expose to the sun's rays; warm, dry, bleach, tan, etc. in or as in the sunlight.

Webster's New World

To sun oneself.

Webster's New World

To expose to the sun's rays, as for warming, drying, or tanning.

American Heritage

To expose oneself or itself to the sun.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

abbreviation

Sunday.

Webster's New World

idiom

in the sun

In the public eye.

American Heritage

under the sun

On the earth; in the world.

American Heritage

in the sun

In the public eye.

American Heritage

under the sun

On the earth; in the world.

American Heritage

from sun to sun

from sunrise to sunset

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sun

Noun

Singular:

sun

Plural:

suns

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Sun

in the sun
under the sun
in the sun
under the sun
from sun to sun
place in the sun
under the sun

Origin of Sun

From Middle English sunne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (compare West Frisian sinne, Low German Sünn, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Icelandic sunna), from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh̥₂uén 'sun' (compare Welsh huan, Avestan genitive [script?] (xᵛə̄ṇg)), oblique of *sóh₂wl̥. More at solar.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English sunne sāwel- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old English sunne sāwel- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition