Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To expose to the heat and radiation of the sun.

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

    загора́тьzagorátʹ, гре́тьсяgrétʹsja

    expose one's body to the sun

  2. (transitive)To warm or dry in the sunshine.

    суши́тьsušítʹ, гретьgretʹ

  3. (intransitive)To be exposed to the sun.

    expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun

  4. (intransitive)To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.

Examples

2070 sentences
  1. The sun is about to rise.

    Сонце ось-ось зійде. — deniko

    ruСолнце вот-вот взойдёт. — Selena777

    deBald wird die Sonne aufgehen. — al_ex_an_der

  2. The sun sets in the west.

    Сонце заходить на заході. — deniko

    ruСолнце садится на западе. — odexed

    deDie Sonne geht im Westen unter. — Alois

  3. The sun gives us heat and light.

    Сонце дає нам тепло й світло. — brambury

    ruСолнце даёт нам тепло и свет. — odexed

  4. Don't stay in the sun too long.

    Не залишайся на сонці занадто довго. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruНе оставайся на солнце слишком долго. — Balamax

    deBleib nicht zu lange in der Sonne. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Cover your head when you are in the sun.

    Прикривайте голову, коли будете на сонці. — aandrusiak

    ruКогда ты на солнце, укрывай чем-нибудь голову. — Hellerick

    deBedecke dein Haupt, wenn du in der Sonne bist! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun:
to warm or dry in the sunshine:

Origin

From Middle English soen, son, sone, sonne, sun, sune, sunna, sunne, sunnæ, synne, zonne,

From Middle English soen, son, sone, sonne, sun, sune, sunna, sunne, sunnæ, synne, zonne, zunne, from Old English sunna, sunne, sunnu (“sun”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā, from Proto-Germanic *sunnǭ (“sun”), from heteroclitic inanimate Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wen-, oblique of Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

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Forms

suns, sunning, sunned, sunned
Base formsun · to sun
3rd person singularsuns
Present participlesunning
Past simplesunned
Past participlesunned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysun
he, she, itsuns

Past simpleLesson

all personssunned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sunned
he, she, ithas sunned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sun

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • expose one's body to the sun:sunbathe
  • expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun:insolatesolarizesolarise

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • in the sun
  • the sun is
  • the sun sets
  • sun is shining
  • sun sets
  • the sun rises
  • watched the sun
  • the sun has
  • the sun sank
  • the hot sun
  • sun rises
  • the sun came

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sun — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto