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sunlight
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sunlight
the morning/afternoon/evening sunlight
• Their armour glinted in the early morning sunlight.
bright sunlight
• She shaded her eyes against the bright sunlight.
strong sunlight
• Don't expose babies under six months to strong sunlight.
direct sunlight
• This plant prefers to be kept out of direct sunlight.
dappled sunlight
(= when sunlight comes through trees )
• the dappled sunlight of the forest
the fading sunlight
• We sat in the fading sunlight of the early evening.
verbs
sunlight streams/pours somewhere
(= a lot comes in )
• Mabel pulled back the curtains, and sunlight streamed in.
sunlight filters somewhere
(= a little comes in )
• The canopy of leaves allows some sunlight to filter through.
something shines/sparkles/glitters etc in the sunlight
• His newly polished buttons glittered in the sunlight.
phrases
a shaft/ray/beam of sunlight
• A shaft of sunlight illuminated the left side of his face.
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noun ADJ. blinding, bright, brilliant, harsh, hot, intense, scorching, strong, warm He emerged from the tunnel into blinding sunlight. | direct, full plants that do not like direct sunlight | pale, weak, wintry | dappled, golden the dappled sunlight of the forest | reflected | afternoon, morning, evening | autumn, spring, etc. QUANT. beam, ray, shaft | patch, pool VERB + SUNLIGHT block out a dank backyard with a wall that blocked out the sunlight | gleam in, glint in, shimmer in, sparkle in The sea shimmered in the sunlight. | be exposed to Do not leave your skin exposed to sunlight for too long. | blink in, squint in They emerged from the cinema, blinking in the sunlight. SUNLIGHT + VERB come, fall, filter, flood, penetrate, pierce, pour, shine, slant, stream Sunlight filtered dustily through the slats of the door. in dark thickets where sunlight could not penetrate She threw back the shutters and the sunlight streamed in. | dapple sth, gleam on/through sth, glimmer on sth, glint on sth, glitter on sth, reflect from/on sth, shimmer on sth, sparkle on sth Sunlight dapples the grass around us. the sunlight sparkling on the water PREP. in the ~ waves sparkling in the sunlight | into the ~ We came out into bright sunlight again.
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