sun

Meanings

Proper Noun

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

Noun

• A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
• The light and warmth which is received from the sun; sunshine or sunlight.
• Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.
• Sunrise or sunset.
• A revolution of the Earth around the Sun; a year.
• A transversing of the sky by the Sun; a day.
• The nineteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.
• The thirty-first Lenormand card.
• A traditional Japanese unit of length, approximately 30.3 millimetres (1.193 inches).
• Alternative of sunn

Verb

• To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.
• To warm or dry in the sunshine.
• To be exposed to the sun.
• To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.

Related

Broader meaning words

• bask

Origin

• From Middle English sonne, sunne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ, from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European, oblique of *sóh₂wl̥
• See also Saterland Frisian Sunne, West Frisian sinne, German Low German Sünn, Dutch zon, German Sonne, Icelandic sunna; outside of Germanic, Welsh huan, Sanskrit स्वर्, Avestan 𐬓𐬇𐬧𐬔).
• Related to sol, Sol, Surya, and Helios. More at solar.
• From Japanese 寸. cun.