sunbathe

[ suhn-beyth ]

/ ˈsʌnˌbeɪð /

verb (used without object), sun·bathed, sun·bath·ing.

to take a sunbath.

RELATED WORDS

lounge, relax, laze, loll, sun

Nearby words

sun., sunback, sunbake, sunbaked, sunbath, sunbathe, sunbeam, sunbed, sunbelt, sunberry, sunbird

Origin of sunbathe

First recorded in 1590–1600; sun + bathe

Related forms

sun·bath·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for sunbathing

The photographs were taken from a public road with a clear view of the pool where Kate and William were sunbathing.
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Outside the CNN Grill, a lone iguana even found time for sunbathing.
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British Dictionary definitions for sunbathing

sunbathe

/ (ˈsʌnˌbeɪð) /

verb

(intr) to bask in the sunshine, esp in order to get a suntan

Derived Forms

sunbather, noun

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