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sunbathe definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: expose one's body to the sun [syn: sun, sunbathe]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Etymology: back-formation from sunbather Date: 1941 to take a sunbath • sunbather noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. bask in the sun, esp. to tan the body. Derivatives: sunbather n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sunbathes, sunbathing, sunbathed) When people sunbathe, they sit or lie in a place where the sun shines on them, so that their skin becomes browner. Franklin swam and sunbathed at the pool every morning. VERB: V • sunbather (sunbathers) A week ago Bournemouth beach was thronged with sunbathers soaking up the 80 degrees heat. N-COUNT • sunbathing Nearby there is a stretch of white sand beach perfect for sunbathing.