A week ago Bournemouth beach was thronged with sunbathers soaking up the 80 degreesheat.
sunbathinguncountable noun
Nearby there is a stretch of white sand beach perfect for sunbathing.
sunbathe in British English
(ˈsʌnˌbeɪð)
verb
(intransitive)
to bask in the sunshine, esp in order to get a suntan
Derived forms
sunbather (ˈsunˌbather)
noun
sunbathe in American English
(ˈsʌnˌbeɪð)
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈsunˌbathed or ˈsunˌbathing
to take a sun bath
Derived forms
sunbather (ˈsunˌbather)
noun
Examples of 'sunbathe' in a sentence
sunbathe
They made their romance public last week by sunbathing together.
The Sun (2008)
You were unable to sunbathe or swim and had to keep your legs covered.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Do you go abroad on holiday to swim and sunbathe?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Nor can she swim or sunbathe.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This chain hotel is clean and friendly with a decent-sized pool and sunbathing area.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The skirt hides the hips, bottom and thighs while swimming or sunbathing.
The Sun (2016)
It's the ideal setting for swimming and sunbathing in this protected natural park.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Good for swimming, sunbathing and windsurfing.
Brines, Callum Collins Traveller - The Algarve (1993)
I would spend hours sunbathing on the beach or in my garden.
The Sun (2013)
They are reportedly given four cans of lager and can go swimming, surfing and sunbathing on the beach.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
For many, a couple of weeks sunbathing on a foreign beach has been replaced by a day at the seaside.
The Sun (2012)
The careful arrangement of quiet pools, sunbathing spots and beautifully scented gardens ensures you can always find a peaceful place to stretch out in the sun.
The Sun (2014)
It seems a miracle we find 115 days of our lives to devote to laughing and 13 weeks to sunbathing.
The Sun (2013)
In good weather, sometimes we can have lunch on the terrace and sunbathe by the pool as early as April.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It offers all the sophistication of a grown-up city, along with simple pleasures like sunbathing and feeling sand between your toes.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
sunbathe
British English: sunbathe /ˈsʌnˌbeɪð/ VERB
When people sunbathe, they sit or lie in a place where the sun shines on them, in order to get a suntan.
Frank swam and sunbathed at the pool every morning.
American English: sunbathe
Arabic: يَاَخُذُ حَمَّامُ شَمْس
Brazilian Portuguese: tomar sol
Chinese: 日光浴
Croatian: sunčati se
Czech: slunit se
Danish: solbade
Dutch: zonnebaden
European Spanish: tomar el sol
Finnish: ottaa aurinkoa
French: prendre un bain de soleil
German: in der Sonne liegen
Greek: λιάζομαι
Italian: prendere il sole
Japanese: 日光浴をする
Korean: 일광욕을 하다
Norwegian: solbade
Polish: opalić się
European Portuguese: apanhar sol
Romanian: a se bronza la soare
Russian: загорать
Latin American Spanish: tomar el sol
Swedish: sola
Thai: อาบแดด
Turkish: güneşlenmek
Ukrainian: загоряти
Vietnamese: tắm nắng
Chinese translation of 'sunbathe'
sunbathe
(ˈsʌnbeɪð)
vi
晒日光浴 (shài rìguāngyù)
(verb)
Definition
to lie or sit in the sunshine, in order to get a suntan
Franklin swam and sunbathed at the pool every morning.
Synonyms
sun yourself
She was last seen sunning herself in a riverside park.
tan
bask
Crocodiles bask on the small sandy beaches.
get a tan
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bask
Definition
to lie in or be exposed (to pleasant warmth or sunshine)