noun ( usually the sun )
ADJECTIVE
▪ bright , brilliant , golden , red , yellow
▪ hazy , pale , weak , wintry
▪ high , low
▪
The wintry ~ was already low in the sky.
▪ rising
▪ dying , setting , sinking , western
▪
The distant mountains glowed in the light of the setting ~.
▪ baking , blazing , burning , harsh , hot , scorching , strong , warm
▪ direct , full
▪
This plant likes a dryish soil in full ~.
▪ afternoon , early , early-morning , evening , late , midday , morning , noon , noonday
▪ midnight
▪
They call Norway the land of the midnight ~.
▪ spring , summer , etc.
▪ August , February , etc.
▪ desert , tropical
▪ Californian , Caribbean , Italian , etc.
VERB + SUN
▪ block , block out , blot out , obliterate
▪
The clouds darkened, obliterating the ~.
▪ soak up
▪
We were lying by the pool, soaking up the afternoon ~.
▪ get
▪
The north side of the garden never gets any ~.
▪
Why don't you go outside and get some ~?
▪ catch ( esp. BrE )
▪
You've caught the ~ (= become slightly burned) .
▪ reflect
▪ orbit
▪
Venus orbits the Sun in just under one Earth year.
SUN + VERB
▪ climb , come up , rise
▪
The ~ climbed higher in the sky.
▪
The ~ rises in the east.
▪ dip , drop , go down , set , sink
▪
The ~ sets in the west.
▪
It was getting cooler as the ~ sank below the horizon.
▪ be out , be up
▪
The ~ was up now, and strong.
▪ move
▪
The ~ moved slowly westward.
▪ appear , break through (sth) , come out , emerge , peek out , peek through (sth)
▪
Just then, the ~ broke through the clouds.
▪ beam , beat down , blaze down , burn , shine
▪
A brilliant ~ shone through the trees.
▪ disappear , go in
▪
The ~ went in and it started to rain.
▪ catch sth , glint off sth , glint on sth , hit sth , play on sth , sparkle (on sth)
▪
The ~ caught her dazzling copper hair.
▪
The ~ glinted on the blades.
▪ stream in , stream through sth
▪
The evening ~ streamed in through the window.
▪ strike sth , touch sth
▪
The ~ struck the steep blue slates of the roof.
▪ reflect off sth , reflect on sth
▪
The ~ reflected off the water.
▪ cast shadows over sth
▪
The setting ~ cast long shadows over the landscape.
▪ warm sth
▪
The ~ warmed his face.
SUN + NOUN
▪ god
▪ worshipper ( usually figurative )
▪ lounge ( BrE ), room (usually sunroom ) , terrace ( esp. BrE ), trap (usually suntrap ) ( esp. BrE )
▪ bed ( esp. BrE ), lounger (usually sunbed , etc.) ( BrE )
▪ hat , visor
▪ shade (usually sunshade )
▪ tan (usually suntan )
▪ block (usually sunblock ) , cream ( BrE ), protection , screen (usually sunscreen )
▪
On children, use a cream with a high ~ protection factor.
▪ damage , exposure
▪
wrinkles caused by ~ damage
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~
▪
Don't sit in the ~ too long.
▪
The helmets were glinting in the ~.
▪
We've booked a holiday in the ~ (= in a place that is warm and sunny) . ( BrE )
▪ into the ~
▪
We went out into the ~.
▪ out of the ~
▪
We did our best to keep out of the ~.
▪ under the ~
▪
an afternoon of lazing under the warm ~
▪
There is nothing new under the ~. ( figurative )
▪ ~ in
▪
with the ~ in her eyes
▪ ~ on
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He was enjoying the feel of the ~ on his back.
PHRASES
▪ everything under the ~ ( figurative )
▪
We had discussions about everything under the ~.
▪ exposure to the ~
▪
Try to avoid prolonged exposure to the ~.
▪ the heat of the ~ , the warmth of the ~
▪ the light from the ~ , the light of the ~
▪ the rays of the ~ , the sun's rays