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# sun

«sun» in Mova's school dictionary: **The star that our Earth goes around; it gives us light…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the sun, suns; sun — sunshine); verb (sun yourself, suns, sunned, sunning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The star that our Earth goes around; it gives us light and heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#m1)

2) The light and warmth that come from the sun: "Let's sit in the sun." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#m2)

3) Any star with planets around it (in science talk). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#m3)

4) As a verb, to lie in the sunshine to get warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, the Sun is a star at the centre of our solar system; the Earth goes around it in one year and spins once a day, giving day and night. Plants need sunlight to make food. In safety: never look straight at the sun, wear sunscreen and a hat, drink water on hot days. Phrases: in the sun, sunrise, sunset, the sun rises/sets, sun cream, sunburn.

### examples

- The sun rises in the east. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#x1)
- The Earth goes around the sun once a year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#x2)
- Plants need sun to grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#x3)
- Never look straight at the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#x4)
- Put on sunscreen before you play in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#x5)
- The cat is lying in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#x6)
- The sun is a star, not a planet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#x7)
- The sun set and it got dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#x8)
- Then the Sun began to shine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/#x9)

### note

"Sun" sounds like "son" (a boy child) — homophones. The sun does not really move across the sky; the Earth spins. The sun is a star, much bigger than the Earth. In Australia and New Zealand the sun is very strong: "Slip, slop, slap".

### In the corpora

- [Pale pigs can get sunburnt like fair-skinned people, so farmers sometimes give them shade or sun cream.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/138-peppa-pig-real-pigs/5/)
- [Ring-tailed lemurs sit facing the sun with arms spread to warm up after cold nights.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa/4/)
- [Butterflies rest in the sun to warm up, because they cannot fly when they are too cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/219-butterflies-moths-and-ladybirds/7/)
- [Make hay while the sun shines, because wet hay goes mouldy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding/4/)
- [Albino animals often see poorly, burn easily in sun and are easier for predators to spot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sun» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sun/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.