- sunlight
- nounADJECTIVE▪ 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▪ dappled, golden▪the dappled sunlight of the forest
▪ reflected▪ afternoon, evening, morning▪ spring, summer, etc.… OF SUNLIGHT▪ beam, ray, shaft▪ patch, poolVERB + SUNLIGHT▪ block out▪a dank backyard with a wall that blocked out the sunlight
▪ be exposed to▪Do not leave your skin exposed to sunlight for too long.
SUNLIGHT + VERB▪ come in, fall, filter, flood, penetrate sth, pierce sth, pour, shine, 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.
▪ fill sth▪Bright sunlight filled the room.
▪ gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, shimmer, sparkle▪the sunlight sparkling on the water
▪ be reflected from sth, reflect off sth, reflect on sthPREPOSITION▪ in the sunlight▪waves sparkling in the sunlight
▪ into the sunlight▪We came out into bright sunlight again.
PHRASES▪ gleam in the sunlight, glint in the sunlight, shimmer in the sunlight, sparkle in the sunlight▪The sea shimmered in the sunlight.
▪ blink in the sunlight, squint in the sunlight▪They emerged from their cells, blinking in the sunlight.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
