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# sunshine

noun (sunshine, uncountable)

«sunshine» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Sunshine is the light and warmth that come from the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunshine/#m1)
2. Sunshine can mean happiness or cheerfulness, and «sunshine» is also a friendly name for someone (mostly British). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunshine/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, sunshine gives plants energy to make food (photosynthesis) and helps your body make vitamin D; it also carries ultraviolet rays that can burn your skin. In safety lessons (especially in Australia and NZ): «Slip, slop, slap, seek, slide» — wear a shirt, sunscreen, a hat, find shade and wear sunglasses. Phrases: in the sunshine, bright sunshine, sunshine and showers.

### Examples

- We played in the sunshine all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunshine/#x1)
- Plants need sunshine to grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunshine/#x2)
- Put on sun cream before you go out in the sunshine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunshine/#x3)
- The sunshine made the snow melt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunshine/#x4)
- After the rain came bright sunshine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunshine/#x5)
- Morning, sunshine! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunshine/#x6)
- Sunshine helps your body make vitamin D. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunshine/#x7)
- The forecast says sunshine and showers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunshine/#x8)
- Then came sunshine to the mill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunshine/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable: no plural, not «a sunshine» (except a sunshine of a person, informal). One word. Never look straight at the sun, even on a sunny day, as it can hurt your eyes.

## In Jewish tradition

The prophet compares God's quiet watching to still heat and dew.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as God waiting patiently before He acts, giving people time to turn back.

### Examples

- For thus hath the LORD said unto me: I will hold Me still, and I will look on in My dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. (Prophets ISA.18.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunshine/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable: no plural, not «a sunshine» (except a sunshine of a person, informal). One word. Never look straight at the sun, even on a sunny day, as it can hurt your eyes.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sunshine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sunshine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sunshine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sunshine.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sunshine» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sunshine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sunshine» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sunshine.html) on Mova free.