sunshine

«sunshine» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the light and warmth that come from the sun — 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 (sunshine, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sunshine is the light and warmth that come from the sun. tree →

2) Sunshine can mean happiness or cheerfulness, and «sunshine» is also a friendly name for someone (mostly British). tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The prophet compares God's quiet watching to still heat and dew. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as God waiting patiently before He acts, giving people time to turn back. In the primary lessons: In science, sunshine gives plants energy to make food (photosynthesis) and helps your body make vitamin D; it also carries ultraviolet rays that can burn your skin. In safety lessons (especially in Australia and NZ): «Slip, slop, slap, seek, slide» — wear a shirt, sunscreen, a hat, find shade and wear sunglasses. Phrases: in the sunshine, bright sunshine, sunshine and showers.

examples

• 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) tree →
• We played in the sunshine all day. tree →
• Plants need sunshine to grow. tree →
• Put on sun cream before you go out in the sunshine. tree →
• The sunshine made the snow melt. tree →
• After the rain came bright sunshine. tree →
• Morning, sunshine! tree →
• Sunshine helps your body make vitamin D. tree →
• The forecast says sunshine and showers. tree →
• Then came sunshine to the mill. tree →

note

Uncountable: no plural, not «a sunshine» (except a sunshine of a person, informal). One word. Never look straight at the sun, even on a sunny day, as it can hurt your eyes.

In the corpora

• They also need sunshine of a special kind.
• A magnifying glass in sunshine focuses heat that burns insects, so it is never used on living things.
• They cheered — then looked outside: sunshine.
• «A fair-weather friend is here for the sunshine and gone when it rains, sugar,» Grandma says.
• Wind, sunshine and flowing water keep coming back, so they are called renewable.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sunshine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.