sun
verb/sʌn/
/sʌn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sun | /sʌn/ /sʌn/ |
| he / she / it suns | /sʌnz/ /sʌnz/ |
| past simple sunned | /sʌnd/ /sʌnd/ |
| past participle sunned | /sʌnd/ /sʌnd/ |
| -ing form sunning | /ˈsʌnɪŋ/ /ˈsʌnɪŋ/ |
- sun yourself to sit or lie in a place where the sun is shining on you
- We lay sunning ourselves on the deck.
Homophones son | sunson sun/sʌn//sʌn/- son noun
- Their youngest son is still living at home.
- sun noun
- Let's go for a picnic while the sun is shining!
- sun verb
- I think she's gone to sun herself in the back garden.
Word OriginOld English sunne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zon and German Sonne, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hēlios and Latin sol.Want to learn more?
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