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Sun

noun

The star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system. "The Earth revolves around the Sun"

The rays of the sun. Synonyms: sunlight, sunshine.

A person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc.

Any star around which a planetary system revolves.

First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians. Synonyms: Dominicus, Lord's Day, Sunday.

verb

(past & past part. sunned; pres. part. sunning)

Expose one's body to the sun. Synonym: sunbathe.

Expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun. Synonyms: insolate, solarise, solarize. "These herbs suffer when sunned"

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"Sun" Quotes from Famous Books

... mirthfulness to our souls. And then there springs up in our hearts a desire to dance, a desire to run, a desire to sing, a happy lightness of thought, a sort of enlarged tenderness; we feel a longing to embrace the sun. ...

— A Comedy of Marriage & Other Tales • Guy De Maupassant

... bravery to fight a coward—that is what the ghost is. It's a coward like every other stealthy, sneaking spirit, afraid to show itself by daylight, in the glare of the sun. I can tell you now that men are not half so afraid of spirits as the spirits are afraid of men. If you face the supernatural, it is more than half beaten to a frazzle, before the fight begins. In my professional career I ...

— The Ghost Breaker - A Novel Based Upon the Play • Charles Goddard

... looming more enormous as it approached, this attitude could not be maintained. The preparations for the Centenary filled newspapers and changed the physiognomy of towns. And on the morning of the ceremonial service, gloriously flattered by the sun, there was candid excitement at the breakfast-table of the Orgreaves. Mr. Orgreave regretted that pressure of work would prevent him from seeing the fun. Tom was going to see the fun at Hanbridge. Jimmie and ...

— Hilda Lessways • Arnold Bennett

... black for the young child," said her mother, "and I am afraid"; but the child stole away to the hill behind her father's castle, and there looked into the valley of Baile-ata-Cliat to watch the white towers of the Black Earl glistening in the sun, ...

— The Story and Song of Black Roderick • Dora Sigerson

... The road down the coast slid away before his heavy eyes, he marked each turn; then a palsy of fear shook him, his heart beat against his ribs, and he stood gnawing his lips while he gazed up at the sun. ...

— The Prodigal Judge • Vaughan Kester

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