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the heavenly body from which the earth gets warmth and light; any fixed star with planets

brightest star

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Cases of word usage

1) a heavenly body (looking like a star with a bright center) and a less bright tail that moves round the Sun (comet)

2) the time between the sun or light appearing and disappearing (day)

3) a total or partial disappearance of the light of the sun (when the moon is between it and the earth), or of the moon (when the earth's shadow falls on it) (eclipse)

4) to cook, be cooked, in boiling fat; (of a person) to feel hot, become burned, in the sun (fry)

5) a circle of light round the sun or moon (halo)

6) (in Roman myth) the god of war; the planet fourth in order of the sun (mars)

7) an umbrella used to give shade from the sun (parasol)

8) one of the large bodies (e.g. Mars, Venus) that move round the Sun (planet)

9) the planet farthest from the Sun (pluto)

10) the thin transparent film used in sunglasses, etc to reduce sun glare (polaroid)

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