sun1 nounsun2 verb
sunsun1 /sʌn/ ●●● S2 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINsun1
Origin:
Old English sunneEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a distant sun
- That side of the house gets the most sun.
- As the sun rose higher in the sky the shadow shortened until noon, when it disappeared at the sixth hour mark.
- He must have it or his sorrow will spoil like milk left in the sun.
- Others will take it easier, relax in the garden and soak up the sun.
- The cold, even in the golden fragments of sun, was biting.
- The fireball sun, the treacherous sea?
- The murdering sun had dipped below the horizon, and this was the time when she could forage for food.
- The view while lying face down, shielding our eyes from the sun with our hands, was superb.
- This plant likes sun and water as well as a fertile, well-draining soil.
THESAURUSin the sky
a large ball of burning gas in space, which can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky: · The dark night sky was clear and full of stars.
one of the large objects that goes around the Sun, for example the Earth, Saturn, Mercury, or Mars: · The planet Uranus was discovered in 1781.
the star that gives us light and heat, around which the planets move. There are also many millions of other suns in the universe: · The sun came out from behind a cloud.· a dying sun
the round object that moves around the Earth every 28 days, or a similar object that goes around another planet: · The moon rose in the night sky.· Titan is one of the moons of Saturn.
a mass of rock that moves around the sun. Most asteroids are found between Jupiter and Mars: · the asteroid belt
a type of star that is far away in space and produces radiation and radio waves
an object like a star that is far away in space and shines extremely brightly
a very large exploding star
a group of stars that forms a particular pattern and has a name: · The constellation of Orion is one of the most easily recognizable patterns of stars in the night sky.
one of the large groups of stars that make up the universe: · Astronomers have detected a galaxy 11 billion light years away.
all space, including all the stars and planets: · How many planets in the universe have life?
Longman Language Activatorto use an opportunity: take the opportunity to do something · I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your help.take the opportunity of doing something · I'm going to take every opportunity of going to see Brian while he's living in Germany.
informal to quickly use an opportunity to do something, especially when you think you might not get another chance: · It may be the last time he offers you the job so I'd grab the chance while you can.grab the chance to do something: · Knowing how difficult it is to find a job I grabbed the chance to be trained as an electrician.
to eagerly and quickly use an opportunity to do something: · The early retirement plan is excellent and I'm surprised that people haven't jumped at the opportunity.jump at the chance/opportunity to do something: · When the resort was put up for sale, the Millers jumped at the chance to buy it.· She thought Lewis would jump at the opportunity to make some extra money on weekends.jump at the chance/opportunity of doing something: · Who wouldn't jump at the chance of spending a month in Australia?
to do something quickly, while you are in a situation in which you are most likely to be successful: · Don't wait until tomorrow before you tell him, strike while the iron is hot!
spoken to take the opportunity to do something now while the conditions are good, because you might not be able to do it later: · Let's make hay while the sun shines and finish this project before I start falling asleep.
someone who always looks for and takes opportunities that might make them more successful -- used to show disapproval: · It is difficult to tell whether he really wants to help May or whether he is just an opportunist.· As the finance company started to fail a few opportunists managed to make more money out of it.
good weather weather that is sunny and warm: get/have good weather: · We go to Greece every Easter, and we usually get good weather.· We had good weather apart from one day of heavy rain.a spell/run of good weather: · You must be ready to take advantage of any spell of good weather.in good weather: · Sometimes, in good weather, he walked to work across the fields.
especially spoken very sunny and warm: · It was a glorious day with blue skies.· We had three weeks of absolutely gorgeous weather.it is beautiful/gorgeous/glorious: · What's happened to the weather? It was beautiful last week.
spoken also lovely especially British, spoken pleasantly warm and sunny: · Morning, Bill. Nice weather, isn't it?it's a nice day/it's a lovely morning etc: · It's a lovely day - why don't we go for a walk?
especially British if the weather is fine , it is not raining and the sky is clear: · Next week will be fine but a little cooler.· a fine spring evening· It can take several days of fine weather for the grass to dry out.
if the weather is dry , it does not rain: · The dry weather will continue for several days· Southern areas should stay dry until the early evening.the dry season (=the time of year when there is little or no rain): · During the dry season, many of the swamps turn to hard-baked mud.
if the weather is sunny , the sun is shining: · a lovely sunny afternoon· It's going to be sunny all day.sunny spells/intervals especially British (=short periods of sunny weather): · The weather will remain dry with sunny spells.
warm bright light from the sun: · We sat on the patio enjoying the autumn sunshine.· Northern regions will start dry with some sunshine.
where the sun is shining down: · I get a rash every time I go in the sun.· Put the plant on a window sill in the sun.lie/laze/bask etc in the sun: · We spent all day lazing around in the sun.
WORD SETSasteroid, nounastro-, prefixastronaut, nounastronomical, adjectiveastronomy, nounastrophysics, nounAU, aurora borealis, nounBig Bang, the, nounblack hole, nouncelestial, adjectivecomet, nounconstellation, nouncorona, nouncosmic, adjectivecosmic ray, nouncosmology, nouncosmonaut, noundead, adjectiveearth, nouneclipse, nouneclipse, verbecliptic, nounequinox, nounescape velocity, nounextraterrestrial, adjectivegalactic, adjectivegalaxy, noungeostationary orbit, nounHubble Space Telescope, the, infinity, nounintergalactic, adjectiveinterplanetary, adjectiveinterstellar, adjectiveJupiter, nounlaunch, verblaunch, nounlight year, nounLittle Bear, lunar, adjectivelunar month, nounmagnitude, nounMars, nounMercury, nounmeteor, nounmeteoric, adjectivemeteorite, nounMilky Way, the, month, nounmoon, nounmorning star, nounNASA, nounnebula, nounNeptune, nounnew moon, nounnova, nounobservatory, nounorbit, verborbit, nounorbiter, nounouter space, nounphase, nounplanet, nounplanetarium, nounplasma, nounPluto, nounquadrant, nounquarter, nounquasar, nounradio telescope, nounring, nounrocket, nounsatellite, nounSaturn, nounsea, nounshooting star, nounsolar, adjectivesolar system, nounspace, nounspace capsule, nounspacecraft, nounspace probe, nounspaceship, nounspace shuttle, nounspace station, nounstar, nounstargazer, nounsteady state theory, nounstellar, adjectivesun, nounsunspot, nounsupernova, nountelescope, nountelescopic, adjectiveterrestrial, adjectiveUranus, nounVenus, nounwane, verbwax, verbwhite dwarf, nounworld, nounzenith, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2verbs
The sun blazed down as we walked along the valley. The wood had been bleached by the sun. We watched the sun dip below the horizon. the full heat of the midday sun It was impossible to work in the heat of the noonday sun. The sun was shining. The sun was sinking behind the coconut palms.
· When I woke, the sun was shining.
(=shines with a lot of light and heat)· The sun beats down on us as we work.
(=appears when cloud moves away)· The rain stopped and the sun came out.
(=appears at the beginning of the day)· As the sun rises, the birds take flight.
(=disappears at the end of the day)· It is a good place to sit and watch the sun go down.
(=gradually disappears at the end of the day)· The sun sank lower and the breeze grew cool.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sun· The hot sun beat down on the men working.
· Tourists trudge around in the blazing sun.
· It was a warm day with a bright sun overhead.
· We ate breakfast outside in the gentle morning sun.
· They all sought shade from the blazing midday sun.
(=the sun as it appears/disappears)· The fields were ablaze with light from the setting sun.
phrases· They walked until the sun was low in the sky.
nouns· This moisturiser will also protect skin from the sun’s rays.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· It was too hot to go out in the afternoon sun.
The sun blazed down as we walked along the valley. The wood had been bleached by the sun.· Animals shelter from the desert sun during the day.
We watched the sun dip below the horizon. the full heat of the midday sun· the warmth of the morning sun
It was impossible to work in the heat of the noonday sun. The sun was shining. The sun was sinking behind the coconut palms.· They lay on the beach, soaking up the summer sun.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Dust spurted and drifted from their hooves and the bright sun flashed cruel and beautiful from their drawn sabres.· In the middle was this bright red sun.· Skylines peaks glistened in the bright sun, with Kanchenjunga our market straight ahead.· The bright April sun was full in her eyes and she shaded them with one hand.· The bright afternoon sun shone upon the glancing waters.· The shadows are like black pits and the gaslight is too bright. Bright as the sun.· Where is there more opportunity to enjoy the elemental values of living, bright sun and clean air and space?
· They have the charming habit of sitting up on their haunches and basking in the early morning sun.· In Mackerel Cove, it was too early for sun.· Julia took up the assembled bridle and they walked outside into the early evening sun.· In the early sun the quinoa glows a light yellowish-green like cabbage on the turn.· The early morning sun made even the dark distant mass of Manchester look beautiful.· I walked the long way with the early sun bright in my eyes and frosted gravel crisp beneath my feet.· As it crossed its own lines, a plane suddenly dived on it out of the early morning sun.· The weather will gradually improve and by early afternoon the sun will be shining practically everywhere.
· Avoid the very hot sun around the middle of the day. 3.· We stood out in the hot summer sun, but minutes later were ushered back in.· I had not been prepared for a walk across a wasteland under a hot white sun.· The hot sun was beginning to take its toll on the fragile trees.· Soon, though, smoke is coming out of the straw-stack and hot sun is turning the water into steam.· Each of these silent houses is held breathlessly still by the weight of the hot morning sun.· Turning uphill, her mirrored glasses catching the hot sun, she looks ready to cry.· Bwoy, you sit in de hot sun tod long.
· The rising sun slowly turns the drab greys and dull browns of the mountains to patches of pale gold and dusty pinks.· The next morning was fine and clear, after a mist was burnt off the water by the rising sun.· I carry with me the memory of that knife's sharp flash in the rising sun.· Outside the weather is beautiful, blue sky and rising sun.· An artist was finishing a vigorous painting of the Angel in the Apocalypse coming from the rising sun.· Rays from the rising sun were shining through the thick undergrowth of the jungle as we drove past.· The rising sun appeared like a swollen red ball suspended low in the tenuous mist.· Carbon-dioxide ice smoked all around, making a freezing fog that glowed eerily where the rising sun was trapped in its skeins.
· The stone was warm in the sun, its surface striated like the trunk of an ancient tree.· To dance is to stretch up into the warm sun or jump clear across a dauntingly large puddle.· Michael and Hope lay on the floor of the nursery with warm sun streaming in over their lovely bodies.· The wooden slats were already warm from the sun.· Rose Clayton spends her days drifting on a breezy lake with the warm sun on her back.· The Normandy countryside baked under a warm summer sun.· She smiled and loosened, and to Carson it was like the warm sun falling on his skin.
NOUN· The afternoon sun blazed on us and her scent rose to me, together with her sobs.· With the afternoon sun pouring through the windows, Mr Strine is on edge.· Suddenly aware that the afternoon sun had cooled, she shivered, an inexplicable feeling of depression engulfing her.· Morning sun is more gentle than afternoon sun.· There, spread out below her in the late afternoon sun, was Florence.· The earth gave off heat warmer than the afternoon sun.· The air was filled with tear gas and hordes of these balloons floating on to the streets below in the afternoon sun.· Shoppers peered into gallery windows and children basked in the afternoon sun, licking ice cream cones.
· Though bone dry, they shone in an evening sun that dazzled us, as we linked up the infrequent holds.· Little cameos come to mind: The glorious greens of the rolling countryside in the slanting rays of the evening sun.· Julia took up the assembled bridle and they walked outside into the early evening sun.· The evening sun fell low upon him.· Three or four pine trees created a sombre atmosphere in the evening sun.· With the evening sun shining on him here, there was a certain inevitability about Edwards's win.· He stood wheezing contentedly in the flat evening sun.· Another was of the château, the water of the lake glistening in the evening sun.
· Accordingly all over the agricultural world sun gods were created in huge numbers.
· The burning midday sun roused him from a feverish sleep.· He tied me to a post in the midday sun and ordered me to repeat his name ten thousand times.· The inside of the car was hot from the midday sun.· In the midday sun the flooded paddies formed a mirrored mosaic across which tropical clouds scudded in fragmented disarray.· He walked by night and slept by day, the midday sun being too hot for him.· The patio gets a southern exposure, and a pergola shades about 75 percent of the midday sun.· This involves avoiding the midday sun.· Most remarkably it continued to function under California's midday sun, when it's slate grey shell was too hot hold!
· We head straight into the morning sun.· Which areas get direct morning sun?· They have the charming habit of sitting up on their haunches and basking in the early morning sun.· Which areas get direct morning sun? Morning sun is more gentle than afternoon sun.· Steam rises off the ground, drying the fields as the morning sun tackles the night's cold dew.· First there was a nearly circular rim of resplendent mountains, their white caps glistening in the morning sun.· The grass was high and golden in the morning sun.· The color of mourning floated in the haze of the morning sun.
· With the hood down my summer sun bleached hair might give the wrong message?· We stood out in the hot summer sun, but minutes later were ushered back in.· The summer sun shone warmly on the Cadillac Eldorado.· Eventually it called the haze evening, even with the summer sun still pouring fire on to Congress Street.· He could only imagine the impatience of the thousands waiting in the late summer sun outside.· The blazing summer sun can turn their black-and-white Ford Broncos into wheeled ovens.· The Normandy countryside baked under a warm summer sun.· When the summer sun shines on them, they become hard and brittle, and enter a state of suspended animation.
· There is a roof-top sun terrace with panoramic views of the town and the sea, a lounge, bar and restaurant.· It's a friendly relaxing place, with a good sun terrace and pool, and only 200 metres from the beach.· There is a private lift down to the sea water swimming pool and sun terrace.· The swimming pool is also surrounded by a great sun terrace.· The lounges, card room and sun terraces all have a lakeside view.· Outside is a garden restaurant, lawns and a private sun terrace.· There's a swimming pool and large sun terrace and guests are welcome to use the facilities of the Montanamar hotel opposite.· There is an attractive pool and children's pool set within landscaped gardens and surrounded by a sun terrace with sunloungers.
VERB· Watersports on the beach are well patronised, although most people choose simply to bake in the sun.· I wandered through a poverty-stricken village in the countryside, flies swarming over me under a baking sun.· All adrenalin had been used up, to be replaced by the slight madness that comes from baking in the sun.· There had been no time to braid the garlic, which lay in heaps, reeking as it baked in the sun.
· I can almost feel the blazing sun, the blinding white beaches, although they are not in the picture.· The blazing summer sun can turn their black-and-white Ford Broncos into wheeled ovens.· The dry air and blazing sun made the soil crack and sizzle.· Even as a teenager, I decided that my family would not have to pick cherries or apples in the blazing sun.· The blazing sun and swaying boat were hardly conducive to yuletide cheer.· Sadly, these dedicated servants end up standing in the blazing sun, a routine broken only by the occasional soaking rainstorm.· The chopping continued in the blazing sun.
· Dalgliesh could glimpse what was obviously her herb garden planted in elegant terracotta pots carefully disposed to catch the sun.· Up in the woods many of the buds that catch the sun have begun to pop.· Soon, they would catch up with the sun and obscure it.· A flock of dunlin flew across the marsh in a silver swirl, catching the sun, dazzling the eye.· Before his eyes dull muddy grass turned into soft reflective banks which caught the sun a thousand ways.· These beautiful evergreen trees catch the sun and produce wonderful sculptural forms.· Turning uphill, her mirrored glasses catching the hot sun, she looks ready to cry.
· As the name suggests, the tomatoes are dried in the sun to make them dehydrated like a dried fruit.· After washing, we wandered around outside the tents drying in the sun and getting dressed.· Nails dry out in the sun, too, and need just as much loving care as your hands!· I decided to take a lot of the fruit, and to put it to dry in the sun for a time.· Even aquatic terrapins need to be able to dry out by sun basking.· The meat she would dry out in the sun tomorrow.· The nuts are picked and dried in the sun, and then placed in a fire to roast.· I cooked it over a fire or dried it in the sun.
· One of us made a fire and we brewed coffee and lay in the autumn sun.· Speedo could lie in the island sun fully confident of his own existence; he knew he was there.· They were content to lie there in the sun, and it was all as Cassie had wanted it to be.· He just wanted to go fishing and lie in the sun and be with her.· Because when the boredom begins to set in as you lie motionless under the sun, you can do your exercises then!· Go for a swim and lie in the sun and talk about their lives.· I retreated to leave the master to it and lay happily in the sun.· Some people lie in the sun.
· The sun is very hot and the black water is shining in the sun.
· I sat watching as the sun reached its zenith and the muezzin began to call the people to prayers.· I sat in the sun for a few minutes, naked.· They came to read Dante, drink wine, sit in the sun and get laid.· A few shepherds whom you could mistake for stones had they not been topped by turbans sat motionless under the sun.· She sat back in the sun and closed her eyes.· Bwoy, you sit in de hot sun tod long.· You sat in the sun, the hours passed.· Here some of the assembled company sat watching the sun set in rosy Technicolor behind a jagged peak.
· Others will take it easier, relax in the garden and soak up the sun.· Elena Fonti lay on the beach soaking up the sun.· But everyone enjoyed the opportunity to relax, socialise and soak up the sun.· As well as soaking up the sun, Emma says she's particularly looking forward to scuba diving and swimming in Stingray City.· And former Boddington's beauty Mel Sykes looks about as satisfying as you can get as she soaks up the Majorca sun.· Where fishermen once set out to sea, now travellers stop to soak up the sun which bakes the sandy shores.· The perfect setting for relaxing and soaking up the sun.
· He would watch the sun rise over the North Sea.· I stood, instead, to watch the sun creep up by the Connecticut Capitol.· From the balcony of the Parjatan holiday complex we watched the sun set.· We had ended 1995 watching the sun set over the Grand Canyon.· On the last evening of my visit to you I was standing half-hidden in the bushes, watching the sun go down.· From his two desks he watched the sun come up on one side of Mirror Lake, blanketed in fog.· I dimly remembered having watched the sun set, copper orange over a colourless world.· From the outdoor tables, you can watch the sun set over the ocean on a clear evening.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the sun/the SunPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the midnight sun► the setting of the sun
1 the sun/the Sun the large bright object in the sky that gives us light and heat, and around which the Earth moves: - Andrew and I spent many hours on the Windrush porch discussing almost everything under the sun from party politics to mystic transcendentalism.
- Some people think that the police can do everything under the sun like, but of course you can't.
- There literally is everything under the sun, and you're free to do as much or as little as you want.
- They discussed everything under the sun.
- A flock of dunlin flew across the marsh in a silver swirl, catching the sun, dazzling the eye.
- Before his eyes dull muddy grass turned into soft reflective banks which caught the sun a thousand ways.
- Dalgliesh could glimpse what was obviously her herb garden planted in elegant terracotta pots carefully disposed to catch the sun.
- My chair with its high back and strong iron wheels is positioned correctly to catch the sun.
- Perhaps she had caught the sun.
- These beautiful evergreen trees catch the sun and produce wonderful sculptural forms.
- Up in the woods many of the buds that catch the sun have begun to pop.
- A flock of dunlin flew across the marsh in a silver swirl, catching the sun, dazzling the eye.
- Before his eyes dull muddy grass turned into soft reflective banks which caught the sun a thousand ways.
- Dalgliesh could glimpse what was obviously her herb garden planted in elegant terracotta pots carefully disposed to catch the sun.
- My chair with its high back and strong iron wheels is positioned correctly to catch the sun.
- Perhaps she had caught the sun.
- Their fantastically long tails danced behind like bridal trains and burst into colour when they caught the sun's final rays.
- These beautiful evergreen trees catch the sun and produce wonderful sculptural forms.
- Up in the woods many of the buds that catch the sun have begun to pop.
- The tourists won't be here forever, so we'd better make hay while the sun shines.
- As well as soaking up the sun, Emma says she's particularly looking forward to scuba diving and swimming in Stingray City.
- But everyone enjoyed the opportunity to relax, socialise and soak up the sun.
- Elena Fonti lay on the beach soaking up the sun.
- Others will take it easier, relax in the garden and soak up the sun.
- She had lain with Maggie beside the swimming pool and had let her whole body soak up the sun.
- The perfect setting for relaxing and soaking up the sun.
- Where fishermen once set out to sea, now travellers stop to soak up the sun which bakes the sandy shores.
- Without it, the green machinery that soaks up the sun's energy is starved.
The sky was blue and the sun was shining.2[uncountable] the heat and light that come from the sun: Too much sun is bad for you.in the sun We sat in the sun, eating ice cream. the warmth of the afternoon sun3[countable] any star around which planets move4everything/anything etc under the sun used to emphasize that you are talking about a large range of things: You can buy jeans in every colour under the sun.5catch the sun British English, get some sun American English if someone catches or gets the sun, they become slightly red or brown because they have been outside in the sun → make hay while the sun shines at hay(2)COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2verbsthe sun shines· When I woke, the sun was shining.the sun beats down/blazes down (=shines with a lot of light and heat)· The sun beats down on us as we work.the sun comes out (=appears when cloud moves away)· The rain stopped and the sun came out.the sun rises/comes up (=appears at the beginning of the day)· As the sun rises, the birds take flight.the sun sets/goes down (=disappears at the end of the day)· It is a good place to sit and watch the sun go down.the sun sinks (=gradually disappears at the end of the day)· The sun sank lower and the breeze grew cool.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sunthe hot/warm sun· The hot sun beat down on the men working.the blazing/burning sun· Tourists trudge around in the blazing sun.a bright sun· It was a warm day with a bright sun overhead.the morning/afternoon/evening sun· We ate breakfast outside in the gentle morning sun.the midday/noonday sun· They all sought shade from the blazing midday sun.the rising/setting sun (=the sun as it appears/disappears)· The fields were ablaze with light from the setting sun.phrasesthe sun is high/low in the sky· They walked until the sun was low in the sky.nounsthe sun’s rays· This moisturiser will also protect skin from the sun’s rays.sun1 nounsun2 verb
sunsun2 verb (past tense and past participle sunned, present participle sunning) VERB TABLE
sun
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | sun |
| he, she, it | suns | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sunned |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sunned |
| he, she, it | has sunned | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sunned |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sun |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sunned |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am sunning |
| he, she, it | is sunning | |
| you, we, they | are sunning | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was sunning |
| you, we, they | were sunning | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sunning |
| he, she, it | has been sunning | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sunning |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sunning |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sunning |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- We spent a week sunning ourselves on Australian beaches.
- It was sunning itself on the path.
- It was true there were many snakes there on hot days sunning themselves but that did not worry him.
- Lee Ann took all her clothes off and lay down to sun herself on the flying bridge.
- Or will the Chief Secretary and his friends be sunning themselves in some tax haven by that time?
- We had this balcony and I used to sit out there sunning myself with no clothes on.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The sun blazed down as we walked along the valley. The wood had been bleached by the sun. We watched the sun dip below the horizon. the full heat of the midday sun It was impossible to work in the heat of the noonday sun. The sun was shining. The sun was sinking behind the coconut palms.
· It was too hot to go out in the afternoon sun.
The sun blazed down as we walked along the valley. The wood had been bleached by the sun.· Animals shelter from the desert sun during the day.
We watched the sun dip below the horizon. the full heat of the midday sun· the warmth of the morning sun
It was impossible to work in the heat of the noonday sun. The sun was shining. The sun was sinking behind the coconut palms.· They lay on the beach, soaking up the summer sun.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the midnight sun► the setting of the sun
sun yourself to sit or lie outside when the sun is shining: - But a srnall gator sunned himself on a bank, an egret leaned forward knee-deep in the standing pool.
- Even the life-giving sun itself is being accused and feared like a violent criminal on the loose.
- It was sunning itself on the path.
- It was true there were many snakes there on hot days sunning themselves but that did not worry him.
- Lee Ann took all her clothes off and lay down to sun herself on the flying bridge.
- Red jungle fowl, the ancestors of all our domestic chickens, sun themselves on the edge of the forest.
- Redlands Here you can relax in a pine lodge overlooking a lovely garden, or sun yourself on the semi-circular sun terrace.
- They like to sun themselves on pavement too hot to walk on in shoes.
- A flock of dunlin flew across the marsh in a silver swirl, catching the sun, dazzling the eye.
- Before his eyes dull muddy grass turned into soft reflective banks which caught the sun a thousand ways.
- Dalgliesh could glimpse what was obviously her herb garden planted in elegant terracotta pots carefully disposed to catch the sun.
- My chair with its high back and strong iron wheels is positioned correctly to catch the sun.
- Perhaps she had caught the sun.
- Their fantastically long tails danced behind like bridal trains and burst into colour when they caught the sun's final rays.
- These beautiful evergreen trees catch the sun and produce wonderful sculptural forms.
- Up in the woods many of the buds that catch the sun have begun to pop.
- The tourists won't be here forever, so we'd better make hay while the sun shines.
- As well as soaking up the sun, Emma says she's particularly looking forward to scuba diving and swimming in Stingray City.
- But everyone enjoyed the opportunity to relax, socialise and soak up the sun.
- Elena Fonti lay on the beach soaking up the sun.
- Others will take it easier, relax in the garden and soak up the sun.
- She had lain with Maggie beside the swimming pool and had let her whole body soak up the sun.
- The perfect setting for relaxing and soaking up the sun.
- Where fishermen once set out to sea, now travellers stop to soak up the sun which bakes the sandy shores.
- Without it, the green machinery that soaks up the sun's energy is starved.
The beaches were full of families sunning themselves.