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Sun

See Sunn.

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Expose 76% connected

To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lie 76% connected

See Lye.

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Personage 76% connected

Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Star 76% connected

One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sunburst 76% connected

A burst of sunlight.

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Insolation 74% connected

The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Insolation 74% connected

The act or process to exposing to the rays of the sun fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sunlight 74% connected

The light of the sun.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sunlight 74% connected

The light of the sun.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sunstroke 74% connected

Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms rese…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sunstroke 74% connected

Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms rese…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Component part 1

Sunbeam 70% connected

A beam or ray of the sun.

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Synonym 5

Insolate 92% connected

To dry in, or to expose to, the sun's rays; to ripen or prepare by such exposure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Solarize 92% connected

To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sunday 92% connected

The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lor…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sunlight 92% connected

The light of the sun.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sunshine 92% connected

The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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