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# sunburn

«sunburn» in Mova's school dictionary: **red, sore, hot skin caused by staying in strong sunlight…** — 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 (sunburn — uncountable; a sunburn in American English); verb form (sunburned or sunburnt)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sunburn is red, sore, hot skin caused by staying in strong sunlight too long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunburn/#m1)

2) Sunburned or sunburnt describes skin hurt by the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunburn/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and safety lessons, the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays cause sunburn even on cloudy days; people in Australia and New Zealand learn «Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek, Slide»: slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, slap on a hat, seek shade, slide on sunglasses. Reapply sunscreen after swimming. Bad sunburn can blister; cool water and an adult's help are needed. Phrases: get sunburn, bad sunburn, sunburnt nose.

### examples

- I got sunburn on my shoulders at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunburn/#x1)
- Put on sunscreen so you don't get sunburnt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunburn/#x2)
- You can get sunburn even when it's cloudy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunburn/#x3)
- Her nose was red and sunburnt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunburn/#x4)
- Wear a hat to protect your face from sunburn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunburn/#x5)
- Sunburn can make your skin peel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunburn/#x6)
- Cool showers help soothe sunburn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunburn/#x7)
- Seek shade at midday to avoid sunburn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunburn/#x8)

### note

British English: «sunburn» is uncountable (some sunburn); American English also says «a sunburn». Past forms: sunburned or sunburnt. Myth: a «base tan» does not protect you from sunburn. Sunburn is different from a suntan.

### In the corpora

- [Pigs wallow in mud to keep cool, because they cannot sweat much, and the mud also protects their skin from sunburn.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/210-pigs-mud-snouts-and-brains/4/)
- [Sunburn on a child's skin raises the chance of skin cancer later in life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/46-sun-safety/15/)
- [Bad sunburns in childhood raise the chance of skin cancer later in life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/86-sun-cold-and-growing-up/19/)
- [Sunburn damages skin and raises the risk of skin cancer later.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun/15/)
- [Sunburn in childhood raises the risk of skin cancer later in life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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