EGAVE

sunburn

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
  2. noun A burn on the tissue of crop plants or their fruits (especially if they are rich in water like tomatoes, grapes, apples, gooseberries) caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
  3. noun Suntan.
  4. verb To receive a sunburn.
  5. verb To burn or tan (someone's skin) by the sun; to allow (a part of one's body) to become sunburnt.

Similar words

suntan burn tan erythema solare sunshine sunlight sun sunstroke sun fever sun-fever

Often followed by

and is in on or of can reaction that

Word family

sunburned sunburning sunburns sunburnt

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