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sunned

  • past participle
    of sun.
    sun
    noun
    the star that is the central body of the earth's solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 25 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
  • past tense form
    of sun.
    sun
    noun
    the star that is the central body of the earth's solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 25 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.

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Backstage at the Blue Note jazz club, Wyclef Jean spreads out on a couch with the air of a sunned cat, his temperament dialed warm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

Because the home has been staged, buyers won’t be able to sit at the very kitchen table where the Kardashian clan gossiped over salads, or the poolside lounges where they often sunned themselves.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

She settled on a grassy knoll, sunned herself and took a nap.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

Perched on a pylon, a pelican sunned its wings.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2023

Below it, in a deep pit, alligators sunned themselves on rocks surrounding a pond.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls