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sunbathe

/ˈsʌnbeɪð/

sunbathe verb: to expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan; to take the sun.

sunbathe: to expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan; to take the sun
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Verb

sunbathe (third-person singular simple present sunbathes, present participle sunbathing, simple past and past participle sunbathed)

  1. (intransitive) To expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan; to take the sun.
    Synonyms:
    catch some rays

Noun

sunbathe (plural sunbathes)

  1. A sunbathing session: a sunbath.
    • Do you think it's warm enough outside for a sunbathe?

sunbathe meaning in Malayalam, Thai and Vietnamese

sunbathe in Malayalam

bask, sun oneself, get a tan
വെയിൽകായുക, സൂര്യസ്നാനം നടത്തുക, വെയിൽകൊള്ളുക, സൂര്യപ്രകാശം ഏൽക്കുക, വെയിലിലിറങ്ങുക, സൂര്യതാപമേൽക്കുക

sunbathe in Thai

to expose one's body to the sun
อาบแดด àap-dàet

sunbathe in Vietnamese

to expose one's body to the sun
tắm nắng

Synonyms of sunbathe

Forms of sunbathe

Verb
third-person singular presentsunbathes
present participlesunbathing
past participlesunbathed
pastsunbathed
Noun
pluralsunbathes

Past tense of sunbathe: sunbathed

Origin of sunbathe

From sun + bathe.

Words formed from sunbathe

Questions about sunbathe

What does sunbathe mean?
Sunbathe means to expose one's body to the sun in order to relax or to obtain a suntan; to take the sun.
What is sunbathe in Malayalam?
Sunbathe in Malayalam is വെയിൽകായുക, സൂര്യസ്നാനം നടത്തുക, വെയിൽകൊള്ളുക. See Sunbathe meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is sunbathe?
Sunbathe can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce sunbathe?
Sunbathe is pronounced /ˈsʌnbeɪð/.
What is the past tense of sunbathe?
The past tense of sunbathe is sunbathed.

Words near sunbathe in the dictionary

  1. sunbaker
  2. sunbakers
  3. sunbakes
  4. sunbaking
  5. sunbath
  6. sunbathe
  7. sunbathed
  8. sunbather
  9. sunbathers
  10. sunbathes
  11. sunbathing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sunbathe (page history and authors); sunbathe (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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