📖 S — The English dictionary · page 116

sunflower — Everyday, meaning 1: A very tall plant with a large flower that has a brown centre and yellow petals.↗ Its seeds can be eaten or made into oil.↗ Example: Our sunflower grew taller than my dad.↗ · We measured the sunflower every week.↗ · Birds love sunflower seeds.↗ · Sunflower oil is used for cooking.↗ · Van Gogh painted famous pictures of sunflowers.↗ · The sunflower's head is full of seeds.↗

sung — Everyday, meaning 1: Sung is the form of "sing" used after have, has, had and be.↗ e.g. "I have sung", "It was sung".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, sung means performed by singing rather than speaking, as in "a sung service" or "sung prayers".↗ Example: We have sung that song three times today.↗ · The anthem was sung at the start of the match.↗ · Happy Birthday was sung loudly by the whole class.↗ · On Sundays there is a sung Mass at eleven.↗ · The choir had sung beautifully.↗ · The lollipop lady is an unsung hero of our school.↗ · Now she heard the following words sadly sung,--↗ · Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.↗ (Writings JOB.36.24, JPS 1917)↗ · In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; walls and bulwarks doth He appoint for salvation.↗ (Prophets ISA.26.1, JPS 1917)↗

sunglasses — Everyday, meaning 1: Sunglasses are glasses with dark or tinted lenses that protect your eyes from bright sunlight.↗ Example: Don't forget your sunglasses and hat.↗ · I wear sunglasses when it is very sunny.↗ · Sunglasses protect your eyes from UV light.↗ · She lost her sunglasses at the beach.↗ · Even with sunglasses, never look straight at the Sun.↗ · Skiers wear sunglasses or goggles because snow is so bright.↗ · My new sunglasses have blue frames.↗ · Slide on your sunglasses before you go outside.↗

sunk — Everyday, meaning 1: Sunk is a form of sink: gone down under water or below a surface, as in the ship had sunk.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) If you are sunk, you are in deep trouble with no way out.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Sunk is used for things set lower, as in sunk into the sofa.↗ Example: The ship had sunk before help arrived.↗ · The treasure lay in a sunk ship.↗ · My heart sank when I saw the score, and it has sunk lower since.↗ · If we lose the key, we're sunk!↗ (informal)↗ · She sat sunk in the armchair.↗ · The stone has sunk to the bottom of the pond.↗ · The clouds sunk as the evening drew on, and it became dark.↗ · Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea, and his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.↗ (Torah EXO.15.4, JPS 1917)↗ · sunk in the abyss, whence water comes forth.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · refers to viscous stones, sunk in the abyss, whence water comes (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.↗ (Writings PSA.9.16, JPS 1917)↗ · I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.↗ (Writings PSA.69.3, JPS 1917)↗ · At her feet he sunk, he fell, he lay; at her feet he sunk, he fell; where he sunk, there he fell down dead.↗ (Prophets JDG.5.27, JPS 1917)↗

sunken — Everyday, meaning 1: Sunken means lying at the bottom of the sea, a lake or a river after sinking: a sunken ship, sunken treasure.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Sunken means lower than the area around it: a sunken garden, a sunken bath.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Sunken eyes or cheeks look hollow and fallen in, often because a person is ill, hungry or very tired.↗ Example: Divers explored the sunken ship.↗ · Pirates dreamed of sunken treasure.↗ · The sunken garden was three steps below the lawn.↗ · After the long illness, his cheeks were sunken.↗ · Sunken eyes can be a sign that you need to drink water.↗ · A sunken road ran between the high banks.↗ · The Mary Rose was a sunken Tudor warship raised in 1982.↗ · But, from his earliest remembrance, Aethra used to go with little Theseus into a wood, and sit down upon a moss-grown rock, which was deeply sunken into the earth.↗

sunless — Everyday, meaning 1: Without sunlight; dark or dull: a sunless day; the sunless depths of the sea.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Where the sun never reaches: a sunless cave.↗ Example: It was a cold, sunless day.↗ · Strange fish live in the sunless deep sea.↗ · The cave was damp and sunless.↗ · Plants cannot grow in a sunless cellar.↗ · The Wild Wood felt sunless and gloomy.↗ · After a week of sunless weather, we longed for summer.↗

sunlight — Everyday, meaning 1: The light that comes from the Sun.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A place or time where this light falls: sitting in the sunlight.↗ Example: Plants need sunlight and water to grow.↗ · The cat is sleeping in a patch of sunlight.↗ · Keep the medicine out of direct sunlight.↗ · Sunlight came through the window in the morning.↗ · Never look straight at the Sun, even in bright sunlight.↗ · Sunlight takes about eight minutes to travel to Earth.↗ · A rainbow appears when sunlight shines through raindrops.↗ · Strong sunlight can burn your skin in summer.↗ · "Rejoice with us," said the air and the sunlight.↗

sunlit — Everyday, meaning 1: Sunlit means lit by the sun, bright with sunshine.↗ Example: We had a picnic in a sunlit meadow.↗ · The kitchen is sunlit in the morning.↗ · The sunlit side of the Moon is bright.↗ · Most sea life lives in the sunlit zone.↗ · Dust floated in the sunlit air.↗ · The sunlit hills looked golden.↗ · Cats love to sleep on sunlit windowsills.↗ · He thought of those long sunlit hours in the garden-how happy they were-and a great sadness came over him.↗

sunni — Everyday, meaning 1: Sunni (Sunni Islam) is the largest branch, or group, of Islam; most Muslims in the world are Sunni.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A Sunni is a Muslim who belongs to this branch.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Sunni describes things belonging to this branch, such as Sunni mosques.↗ Example: Most Muslims in the world are Sunni.↗ · Sunni and Shia Muslims both follow the Qur'an.↗ · In RE we learned about the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam.↗ · My friend's family are Sunni Muslims.↗ · The Sunni mosque was full for Friday prayers.↗ · Sunnis and Shias share many of the same beliefs.↗

sunny — Everyday, meaning 1: Sunny means full of bright light from the Sun, with no or few clouds.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A sunny place gets a lot of sunshine.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A sunny person is cheerful and happy.↗ Example: It's a sunny day, so let's go to the park.↗ · Wear a hat when it's sunny.↗ · Put the plant on a sunny windowsill.↗ · The weather forecast says sunny spells.↗ · March had 12 sunny days.↗ · She has a sunny smile.↗ · This is the sunniest corner of the garden.↗ · It was a bright, sunny morning, and the windows stood wide open.↗

sunrise — Everyday, meaning 1: Sunrise is the time in the morning when the sun first appears above the horizon.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A sunrise is the colours and light in the sky when the sun comes up.↗ Example: We got up early to watch the sunrise.↗ · The farmer works from sunrise to sunset.↗ · The sun rises in the east.↗ · The sunrise turned the sky pink and orange.↗ · Sunrise is later in winter than in summer.↗ · The birds start singing before sunrise.↗ · If sunrise is at 6:30 and sunset is at 7:30 in the evening, there are 13 hours of daylight.↗ · We left the campsite at sunrise.↗ · He reached the palace at sunrise.↗ · Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.41, JPS 1917)↗ · and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; (Torah DEU.4.47, JPS 1917)↗ · Now those that pitch on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab, (Torah NUM.2.3, JPS 1917)↗ · and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath; (Prophets JOS.13.5, JPS 1917)↗ · They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and overtook them at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.↗ (Prophets JDG.20.43, JPS 1917)↗ · And it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Dobrath, and went up to Japhia.↗ (Prophets JOS.19.12, JPS 1917)↗

sunscreen — Everyday, meaning 1: Sunscreen is a cream or spray you put on your skin to protect it from the Sun's harmful rays so you don't get sunburn.↗ Example: Put on sunscreen before you go to the beach.↗ · Don't forget sunscreen on your ears and nose.↗ · Reapply sunscreen after swimming.↗ · Slip, slop, slap: shirt, sunscreen and hat!↗ · This sunscreen is SPF 50.↗ · Even on cloudy days you can burn, so wear sunscreen.↗ · My shoulders burnt because I missed a bit with the sunscreen.↗

sunset — Everyday, meaning 1: Sunset is the time in the evening when the sun goes down below the horizon.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A sunset is the colours in the sky when the sun goes down.↗ Example: We watched a beautiful sunset at the beach.↗ · The sky was orange and pink at sunset.↗ · We must be home by sunset.↗ · The sun sets in the west.↗ · Sunset is later in summer than in winter.↗ · The cowboy rode off into the sunset.↗ · Bats come out after sunset.↗ · Towards sunset he left his work and turned to go home.↗

sunsetting — Everyday, meaning 1: (euphemism, business jargon) ending a product, service or law, often slowly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun "sunset") the time when the sun goes down.↗ Example: The company is sunsetting the old app next month.↗ · The law has a sunset clause, so it ends after five years.↗ · We watched the sunset from the beach.↗ · "Sunsetting" just means they are switching it off.↗ · The game will be sunsetted, and players are upset.↗ · The bank is sunsetting paper statements.↗

sunshade — Everyday, meaning 1: A sunshade is something that keeps the sun off you, like a big umbrella at the beach or over a garden table, or a canopy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A sunshade can be a screen on a car or pram windscreen that blocks sunlight.↗ Example: We sat under the sunshade to eat our lunch.↗ · Dad put the sunshade up on the beach.↗ · The pram has a sunshade for the baby.↗ · A sunshade on the windscreen keeps the car cool.↗ · The café has big sunshades over the tables.↗ · The wind blew our sunshade over.↗

sunshine — Everyday, meaning 1: Sunshine is the light and warmth that come from the sun.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Sunshine can mean happiness or cheerfulness, and «sunshine» is also a friendly name for someone (mostly British).↗ Example: We played in the sunshine all day.↗ · Plants need sunshine to grow.↗ · Put on sun cream before you go out in the sunshine.↗ · The sunshine made the snow melt.↗ · After the rain came bright sunshine.↗ · Morning, sunshine!↗ · Sunshine helps your body make vitamin D.↗ · The forecast says sunshine and showers.↗ · Then came sunshine to the mill.↗ · For thus hath the LORD said unto me: I will hold Me still, and I will look on in My dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.↗ (Prophets ISA.18.4, JPS 1917)↗

sunspot — Everyday, meaning 1: A dark, cooler patch that appears for a while on the surface of the Sun.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, UK) A sunny place where people go on holiday.↗ Example: Sunspots look dark only because they are cooler than the gas around them.↗ · You must never look straight at the Sun to find sunspots.↗ · Astronomers project the Sun's image onto paper to see sunspots safely.↗ · The number of sunspots goes up and down about every eleven years.↗ · A big sunspot can be wider than the whole Earth.↗ · Lots of sunspots can mean more northern lights.↗ · Spain is a favourite sunspot for families from Ireland in summer.↗

sunstroke — Everyday, meaning 1: An illness caused by staying too long in hot sun, with headache, dizziness, a high body temperature, sickness and sometimes fainting; a serious kind of heatstroke.↗ Example: He got sunstroke after playing football all afternoon in the heat.↗ · Wear a hat to avoid sunstroke.↗ · Sunstroke can make you dizzy and sick.↗ · Drink plenty of water on hot days so you don't get sunstroke.↗ · Move someone with sunstroke into the shade and cool them with water.↗ · The hikers rested in the shade to avoid sunstroke.↗

suntan — Everyday, meaning 1: A suntan is the darker colour your skin goes after being in the sun.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Suntan lotion or cream is put on the skin in the sun (sunscreen protects from burning).↗ Example: She came back from the beach with a suntan.↗ · A suntan is a sign that the sun has hurt your skin.↗ · Put on sunscreen before you go out to play.↗ · He had a suntan line where his watch had been.↗ · Suntan lotion with a high SPF protects you better.↗ · Slip, slop, slap: shirt, sunscreen, hat!↗ · Too much sun gives you sunburn, not just a suntan.↗

sup — Everyday, meaning 1: (old or northern UK) To sup is to drink something a little at a time, or to sip.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old) To sup is to eat supper, the evening meal.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A sup is a small mouthful of a drink.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (slang, «'sup» or «sup») A short way of saying «What's up?» as a greeting.↗ Example: The travellers supped with the farmer and his wife.↗ · Have a sup of tea before you go.↗ · He supped his soup slowly.↗ · «Sup, mate?» said the older boy.↗ · The Rat and Mole supped by the fire.↗ · Take just a sup, it's very hot.↗ · Sup, say your prayers, and go to bed.↗