SUN
\sˈʌn], \sˈʌn], \s_ˈʌ_n]\
Definitions of SUN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
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any star around which a planetary system evolves
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a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc
By Princeton University
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first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
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any star around which a planetary system evolves
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a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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See Sunn.
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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.
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Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.
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The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.
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That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.
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To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.
By Oddity Software
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The group of celestial bodies, including the EARTH, orbiting around and gravitationally bound by the sun. It includes nine planets, 34 natural satellites, more than 1,000 observed comets, and thousands of lesser bodies known as MINOR PLANETS (asteroids) and METEOROIDS. (From Academic American Encyclopedia, 1983)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The round, shining body around which the earth and other planets, etc., of the solar system revolve; the source of light and heat to the earth; any center of a system of worlds; sunshine.
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To expose to the sun's rays; as, to sun oneself; warm or dry in the sun.
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Sunned.
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Sunning.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The body which is the source of light and heat to our planetary system: a body which forms the centre of a system of orbs: that which resembles the sun in brightness or value.
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To expose to the sun's rays:-pr.p. sunning; pa.t. and pa.p. sunned.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To expose to the sun.
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The heavenly body that is the center of attraction and the main source of light and heat in the solar system.
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Any star that is the center or a system.
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Sunshine; sunlight.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The luminary which, being in or near the centre of our system of worlds, gives light and heat to all the planets; any similar centre of a system of worlds; a sunny place; anything eminently splendid or luminous; that which is a centre of light or honour.
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To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the light of the sun. Sun of righteousness, a scriptural epithet applied to Jesus Christ, as the great source of spiritual light and guidance.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The great luminary of day which gives light and heat, distant from the earth about 92,000,000 miles; anything eminently splendid and luminous.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, lcelandic, German, Gothic, Sanskrit] The luminous orb the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night ; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve;-any heavenly body which forms the centre of a system of orbs ; - the sunshine ; - whatever resembles the sun in splendour or importance.
