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sunbathing

sunbathing

8 1.5
Time spent in the sun to tan or feel warm
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌnˌbeɪðɪŋ/
translation icon : toma de sol
  • Look at this, we've got people sunbathing over here.
  • sunbathing seal
  • risks of sunbathing
  • sunbathing behavior

He also one of his top recommendations for his patients was sunbathing.

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Examples

  • The local park was filled with families sunbathing and having picnics under the sun.

  • The women were having lunch after sunbathing.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • And I always see him in his backyard sunbathing, reading.

  • Get up around noon, do a little sunbathing...

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Sunbathing confers the benefits of looking and feeling good, but presents the long-term risk of skin cancer.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Blue skies and over 30°C; it was great sunbathing weather but made my run a little tougher.

    Blog text (3)
  • Even a few days' sunbathing on a beach wouldn't appreciably shorten the average person's lifespan.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • On a warm summer day, many people enjoy sunbathing at the beach to get a nice tan.

  • After finishing her book, she spent the afternoon sunbathing by the pool.

Synonyms

tanning
vssunbathing
34 2.4

Skin becomes darker after being in the sun

is an activity of sitting or lying outdoors to enjoy sun or darken skin
sunbath
vssunbathing
1 2.5

Lying in the sun to get warm or to tan the skin

is a general recreational activity of resting outdoors for warmth or skin darkening

How Intense

suntanning
1 2.7
sunbathing
8 1.5

Surface Forms

sunbathing singular
sunbathings plural

Morphology

sunbathing = sunbathe (transparent) = sun + bathe + ing

Formed from the verb 'sunbathe' plus the gerund/nominalizing suffix '-ing', clearly indicating the activity.

Etymology

Sunbathing is made from sun and bathing and imagines the sun 'bathing' your skin in light, just like a bath soaks you in water. So, sunbathing means sitting or lying in the sun to tan or enjoy the warmth.