<B>sunburn, </B>noun, verb, <B>-burned</B> or <B>-burnt,</B> <B>-burning.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a burning condition of the skin caused by the sun's rays or by a sun lamp. A sunburn is often red and painful. <BR> <I>Ex. Bad sunburns often cause freckles.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the color of red or tan resulting from sunburn. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to burn the skin by the sun's rays. <DD><B> 2. </B>to become burned by the sun. <BR> <I>Ex. Her skin sunburns very quickly.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to affect with sunburn. <BR> <I>Ex. He is sunburned from a day on the beach.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to burn (the skin) by exposure to the sun. </DL>
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<B>sunburned, </B>adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> burned, scorched, or browned by the sun; tanned. <BR> <I>Ex. sunburned grass.</I> <DD><I>verb </I> a past tense and a past participle of <B>sunburn.</B> </DL>
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<B>sunburnt, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> sunburned; a past tense and a past participle of <B>sunburn.</B> </DL>
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<B>sunburst, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a sudden shining of the sun through a break in clouds. <BR> <I>Ex. a dazzling sunburst.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a brooch or other piece of jewelry with jewels arranged to resemble the sun with its rays. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) anything resembling or suggesting a bursting forth of the sun. <BR> <I>Ex. The villas ... support cornices that are sunbursts of frilly lattice (Russell Lynes). The orchestra opens into a sunburst of orchestral sound (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>sunchoke, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the edible tuber of the Jerusalem artichoke. <BR> <I>Ex. Whether or not the sunchoke, ... will ever make the big time is still unclear. There was a flurry of activity a few years ago when the vegetable was renamed (Marian Burros).</I> </DL>
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<B>sun clock,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=sundial.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a clock which shows solar time. </DL>
<A NAME="suncompass">
<B>sun compass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a compass that uses the sun to indicate true north, formerly used in air navigation. </DL>
<A NAME="suncured">
<B>sun-cured, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> dried and prepared by direct exposure to sunlight. <BR> <I>Ex. sun-cured Virginia tobacco (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>Sund.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Sunday. </DL>
<A NAME="sundae">
<B>sundae, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a dish of ice cream served with syrup, and, often, crushed fruits, nuts, and whipped cream over it. </DL>
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<B>sun dance,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a religious ceremony in honor of the sun, performed by North American Plains Indians at the summer solstice. </DL>
<A NAME="sundanese">
<B>Sundanese, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-nese.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of western Java, its people, or their language. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native of western Java. <DD><B> 2. </B>Malayo-Polynesian language spoken there. </DL>
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<B>Sunday, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the first day of the week. <DD><B> 2. </B>the day of rest and worship for most Christians; the Christian Sabbath. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of, taking place on, or characteristic of Sunday. <BR> <I>Ex. a Sunday concert, a Sunday picnic.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>not everyday or regular; off-and-on; occasional. <BR> <I>Ex. a Sunday driver, Sunday painters.</I> </DL>
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<B>Sunday best,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) best clothes. <BR> <I>Ex. O, he was in his Sunday best! (Robert Southey).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sundaygotomeeting">
<B>Sunday-go-to-meeting, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal or Dialect.) suitable for use in attending church; best and most presentable. <BR> <I>Ex. Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.</I> </DL>
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<B>Sundayish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characteristic of or like Sunday. <BR> <I>Ex. a Sundayish leisureliness.</I> </DL>
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<B>Sunday punch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a boxer's most powerful blow. <BR> <I>Ex. The champion floored his opponent in the second round with a Sunday punch.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. Some feel that if air power and our nuclear weapons are to be the main threat, we are not spending enough on aircraft to give us the "Sunday punch" needed (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>Sunday school,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a school held on Sunday for teaching religion. <DD><B> 2. </B>its students and teachers. Also, <B>Sabbath school.</B> </DL>
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<B>sundeck, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the upper deck of a passenger ship. <BR> <I>Ex. Around the spacious sundeck, 24 aluminum life boats ... glisten in the sun (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a level, terrace, porch, or the like, such as one on, alongside, or above a building or swimming pool for sunbathing and lounging. <BR> <I>Ex. Many of the proposed suites will have sundecks with a view over a wide sweep of the East River (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>sunder, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to put asunder; separate; part; sever; split. <BR> <I>Ex. Time and distance often sunder friends.</I> (SYN) divide, disjoin, disconnect. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>in sunder,</B> apart; asunder. <BR> <I>Ex. Lightning tore the tree in sunder</I> </DL>
<B>sundew, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small herb that grows in bogs and has hairy, sticky leaves with which it captures and absorbs insects; drosera. It belongs to the same family as the Venus's-fly-trap. </DL>
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<B>sundial, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for telling the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by the sun; dial. </DL>
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<B>sun disk,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the disk of the sun. <DD><B> 2. </B>a figure of the sun, used in religious symbolism, especially as an attribute of the Egyptian sun god Ra. </DL>
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<B>sundog, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=parhelion.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small or incomplete rainbow. </DL>
<B>sundowner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Australian Slang.) a tramp who makes a practice of arriving at a farm, ranch, or other establishment, about sunset under the pretense of seeking work, so as to obtain food and a night's lodging. <DD><B> 2. </B>a drink of alcoholic liquor taken at sunset (especially in South Africa). <BR> <I>Ex. White settlers of the Salisbury area were comfortably settled on the veranda ... sipping their customary sundowners (Time).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Western U.S.) a person who lives toward the sundown or west. </DL>
<A NAME="sundowning">
<B>sundowning, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice of a sundowner. </DL>
<A NAME="sundrenched">
<B>sun-drenched, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> overspread with sunlight. <BR> <I>Ex. the sun-drenched cane fields of Cuba (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sundress">
<B>sun dress,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sleeveless dress with a low-cut neckline in the front and back. </DL>
<A NAME="sundried">
<B>sun-dried, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> dried by exposure to the sun. <BR> <I>Ex. sun-dried raisins. The Pueblo Indians built with sun-dried bricks.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sundries">
<B>sundries, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> sundry things; items not named; odds and ends. <BR> <I>Ex. My expenses included $36.00 for room and board, $9.50 for shirts, $3.25 for books, and $1.60 for sundries.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sundriesman">
<B>sundriesman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) a dealer in sundries. </DL>
<A NAME="sundrops">
<B>sundrops, </B>noun, pl. <B>-drops.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various evening primroses having yellow flowers that bloom by day. </DL>
<A NAME="sundry">
<B>sundry, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-dries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>a number of; several; various. <BR> <I>Ex. From sundry hints, I guessed I was to be given a bicycle for my birthday.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>composed of diverse elements or items; miscellaneous. <BR> <I>Ex. a box of sundry trinkets.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(Cricket, Australian.) an extra. <DD><B> 2. </B>See <B>sundries.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>all and sundry.</B> </I>See under <B>all.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sunfast">
<B>sunfast, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that sunlight will not fade. <BR> <I>Ex. sunfast material for a dress.</I> (SYN) sunproof. </DL>
<A NAME="sunfish">
<B>sunfish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large fish having tough flesh and a short, deep, compressed body, sometimes growing as large as 11 feet long. Sunfish live in tropical or temperate seas. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small freshwater fish of North America, found especially in lakes and ponds, and often used for food. Sunfish are related to perch. <DD><B> 3. </B>any other related fish. </DL>
<A NAME="sunflower">
<B>sunflower, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tall plant having yellow or reddish flowers with yellow, purplish, or brown centers. Sunflowers produce seeds which are used as food for stock and which yield an edible oil. The common yellow-and-brown sunflower is the state flower of Kansas. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of a genus of plants of the composite family to which the sunflower belongs. </DL>
<A NAME="sunflowerstate">
<B>Sunflower State,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for Kansas. </DL>
<A NAME="sung">
<B>sung, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> a past tense and the past participle of <B>sing.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. Many songs were sung at the concert.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sung">
<B>Sung, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Chinese dynasty, 960-1279, noted for its works of art, especially in painting and ceramics. </DL>
<A NAME="sungar">
<B>sungar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a breastwork of stone. Also, <B>sangar.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sungear">
<B>sun gear,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the central gear around which the planetary gears revolve. <BR> <I>Ex. For reverse ... the front clutch is released and the rear clutch engaged so that the large sun gear is now connected to the turbine (Jud Purvis).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sunglass">
<B>sunglass, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lens for concentrating the rays of the sun; burning glass. </DL>
<A NAME="sunglasses">
<B>sunglasses, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> eyeglasses to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun. They are usually made with colored lenses. </DL>
