sun

sun

sun¹ [sun]

n.

[ME sunne < OE, akin to Ger sonne, Goth sunnō < IE * sun-, *swen-, var. of base * sāwel- > L sol, Gr hēlios]

1. [often S-] the self-luminous, gaseous central star of the solar system: magnitude, -26; mean distance from the earth, c. 149.6 million km ( c. 93 million mi); diameter, c. 1.4 million km ( c. 864,000 mi); mass, c. 332,000 times that of the earth; volume, c. 1.3 million times that of the earth; mean density, c. 0.25 times that of the earth; central temperature, c. 15 to 20 million degrees K; surface temperature, c. 6,000°K; rotational period, c. 27 earth days: with the

2. the heat or light of the sun [to lie in the sun]

3. any star that is the center of a planetary system

4. something like the sun, as in warmth or brilliance

vt.

sunned, sunning

to expose to the sun's rays; warm, dry, bleach, tan, etc. in or as in the sunlight

vi.

to sun oneself

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from sun to sun

Archaic from sunrise to sunset

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place in the sun

a prominent or favorable position

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under the sun

on earth; in the world

sun² [sun]

n.

[Hindi san < Sans śaṇa, hempen]

1. an East Indian annual plant (Crotalaria juncea) of the pea family, grown for its bast fiber used in making rope, bagging, cigarette papers, etc.

2. its fiber: Also sun hemp