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Definition: Sunbathe |
SunbatheVerb1. Expose one's body to the sun. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: SunbatheSynonym: sun (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Calefaction | Verb: heat, warm, chafe, stive, foment; make hot; sun oneself, sunbathe. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Sunbathe" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 74.29% of the time. "Sunbathe" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 74.29% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Noun (singular) | 14.29% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 11.43% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 35 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sunbathe | 166 |
sunbathe nude | 16 |
sunbathe topless | 2 |
naked sunbathe | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sunbathe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bëj banja dielli. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пека се на слънце. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | slunit se (bask, sun, sun bathe), sluneèní lázeò, opalovat se (bask, sun, sun bathe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | حمام افتاب گرفتن (Bask). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prendre un bain de soleil (have sun bath, take sun bathe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sonnenbaden (sunbathing, to sunbathe), in der sonne liegen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάνω ηλιοθεραπεία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"שזף. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | napozik (sun, sun bathe, to sun oneself, to sunbathe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menjemur diri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prendere il sole. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhie fo'n ghrian, grianaghey (bask, insolation, solarize, sun). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | unbathesay tomar sol. (various references) загорать (blacken, sun, sun-bathe). (various references) sunčati se. (various references) -zambira (to sunbathe). (various references) tomar el sol (bask, bask in the sun). (various references) solbada. (various references) อาบแ"" (sun). (various references) güneşlenmek (bask, sun, tan), güneş banyosu yapmak (sun bathing). (various references) приймати сонячні ванни. (various references) tor.heulo (bask). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sunbathe": sunbathed, sunbather, sunbathers, sunbathes. (additional references) | |
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"Sunbathe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sungate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-h-n-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: butanes, sunbath. | |
-2 letters: absent, bathes, beauts, butane, hasten, haunts, hausen, snathe, subnet, tabuns, thanes, unhats, unseat. | |
-3 letters: abets, abuse, abuts, antes, ashen, aunts, bahts, banes, baste, bates, bathe, baths, beans, beast, beats, beaus, beaut, bents, betas, beths, bhuts, bunts, butes, etnas, habus, haets, hanse, hants, haste, hates, haunt, haute, heats, hents, hunts, nabes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-h-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: sunbathed, sunbather, sunbathes. | |
+2 letters: ambushment, heartburns, subtrahend, sunbathers. | |
+3 letters: ambushments, subtrahends. | |
+4 letters: habitualness, paintbrushes, untouchables. | |
+5 letters: heartburnings, inexhaustible, inexhaustibly, unestablished. | |
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