SUN


Meaning of SUN in English

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

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

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