sun

noun

1. astronomyA star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.

2. The light and warmth which is received from the sun; sunshine or sunlight.

3. figurativeSomething like the sun in brightness or splendor.

4. chiefly literarySunrise or sunset.

5. A revolution of the Earth around the Sun; a year.

6. A transversing of the sky by the Sun; a day.

7. The nineteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.

8. cartomancyThe thirty-first Lenormand card.

9. A traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches).

10. First day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christianstime

    Similar: Sunday, Lord's Day, Dominicus

11. The rays of the sun

    “the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind”

    Similar: sunlight, sunshine

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

13. Any star around which a planetary system revolves

Alternative form of sunn ("the plant")

verb

1. To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.

   “Beautiful bodies lying on the beach, sunning their bronzed limbs.”

2. To warm or dry in the sunshine.

3. To be exposed to the sun.

4. alternative medicineTo expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.

5. Expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun

   “insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble”

   “These herbs suffer when sunned”

   Similar: insolate, solarize, solarise