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sunbakes

sunbakes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sunbake.

Meaning of sunbake

Verb

sunbake (third-person singular simple present sunbakes, present participle sunbaking, simple past and past participle sunbaked)

  1. To bake in the sun.
    • Oh, she wants to moan with pain, thinking of Richard lying down on the sunbaking rock, naked as well.2005, Gillian Mears, “Here is the Heartflower”, in Frank Moorhouse, editor, The Best Australian Stories 2005, page 136
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) To sunbathe.
    • Such diversion as Podson could extort from his isolation was soon vitiated by repetition. He surfed. He sun-baked - with discretion till his skin had peeled and given him a harder cuticle.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 90

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Sunbakes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sunbake.

Words near sunbakes in the dictionary

  1. sunbaes
  2. sunbake
  3. sunbaked
  4. sunbaker
  5. sunbakers
  6. sunbakes
  7. sunbaking
  8. sunbath
  9. sunbathe
  10. sunbathed
  11. sunbather

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