sunshine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the rays of the sun
    sun; sunlight.
    • the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind
  2. noun moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
    temperateness; fair weather.
  3. noun the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
    cheer; cheerfulness; sunniness.
    • flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room

WordNet


Sun"shine` noun
Definitions
  1. The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.
    But all sunshine, as when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. Milton.
  2. Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness.
    That man that sits within a monarch's heart, And ripens in the sunshine of his favor. Shak.
Sun"shine` adjective
Definitions
  1. Sunshiny; bright. Shak. "Sunshine hours." Keble.

Webster 1913