to suntan

Examples

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• Almost every day… …and even when she wasn't keeping an eye on Cecilia… …Lux would suntan wearing a swimsuit… …that caused the knife sharpener to give her a 15-minute demonstration for free.

  The Virgin Suicides (2000)

• Tara took along her routine collection of beach accessories—a tablecloth for us to sit on, suntan oil, a pack of cards, her spray bottle, a beach ball, and the newspaper.

  Fiction book (1997)

• During the summer vacation, many people like to suntan at the beach to get a darker skin tone.

• To achieve a perfect glow, he would suntan on the patio every afternoon.

Synonyms

S

to sun

vsto suntan

8 1.4

To sit or lie outside in strong light to get warm

means making skin darker by sunlight rather than warming objects

S

to sunbathe

vsto suntan

6 2.9

To sit or lie in the sun to make your skin brown

is broader and covers making skin brown by any sun exposure

E

to expose oneself to the sun

vsto suntan

3.8

To stay in strong sun for tanning or warmth

focuses on making skin darker rather than for warmth

Antonyms

B

to bleach

50 3.2

To make something lighter in color, often using chemicals or sunlight

W

to whiten

8 2.8

Make or become more white in color

How Dark

to darken

63 3.3

to suntan

1 2.2

to bronze

3 4.7

to brown

50 2.0

to tint

24 3.6

Surface Forms

Etymology