sunlight

«sunlight» in Mova's school dictionary: The light that comes 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 (sunlight — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The light that comes from the Sun. tree →

2) A place or time where this light falls: sitting in the sunlight. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science: plants need sunlight to make their food (photosynthesis); sunlight gives warmth and light to the Earth; sunlight takes about eight minutes to reach the Earth; white sunlight splits into the colours of the rainbow. In safety: too much sunlight burns skin, so use sun cream, a hat and shade (slip, slop, slap in Australia); never look straight at the Sun. Phrases: in the sunlight, bright sunlight, direct sunlight, sunlight and water.

examples

• Plants need sunlight and water to grow. tree →
• The cat is sleeping in a patch of sunlight. tree →
• Keep the medicine out of direct sunlight. tree →
• Sunlight came through the window in the morning. tree →
• Never look straight at the Sun, even in bright sunlight. tree →
• Sunlight takes about eight minutes to travel to Earth. tree →
• A rainbow appears when sunlight shines through raindrops. tree →
• Strong sunlight can burn your skin in summer. tree →
• "Rejoice with us," said the air and the sunlight. tree →

note

Uncountable: «some sunlight», not «a sunlight» or «sunlights». One word. Related words: sunshine (sunny weather), sunrise, sunset, sunburn. Moonlight is really sunlight reflected by the Moon — the Moon makes no light itself.

In the corpora

• Corals are tiny animals called polyps that build limestone skeletons; algae living inside them make food from sunlight and share it.
• Leaves use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide from the air into sugar for food; this is called photosynthesis.
• There are more than 600 kinds of carnivorous plants, and all of them still make their food from sunlight.
• Water plants use light to make sugar and give off oxygen, so pondweed makes bubbles in sunlight and stops in the dark.
• Dyes can also leave: they wash out, rub off and fade in sunlight.

Trees and pragmatics

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