sun
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system
Types & categories
- star instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- solar system member holonym
- chromosphere part meronym
- photosphere part meronym
Sense 2 verb
expose one's body to the sun
Types & categories
- lie hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the rays of the sun
the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- sunbeam part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun
insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble
Types & categories
- expose hypernym
Related & opposite
- heliotherapy derivation
- solarization derivation
- sunshine derivation
- insolation derivation
- insolation derivation
Sense 5 noun
a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc
Types & categories
- important person hypernym
Sense 6 noun
any star around which a planetary system revolves
Types & categories
- star hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | solar system |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | chromosphere |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | photosphere |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | star |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sunbather |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sunshine |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lie |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sun |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | insolate |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sunbeam |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | light |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sunburst |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | heliotherapy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | solarization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sunshine |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | insolation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | insolation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | expose |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | important person |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | star |