sunbathe

UK/ˈsʌnbeɪð/US/ˈsʌnbeɪð/

verbA2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,946 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: sunbathing, sunbathed, sunbathes

To sunbathe is to lie in the sun to make the skin darker. Sunbathe on the beach, sunbathing all afternoon, went out to sunbathe.

The tan is the skin producing pigment to protect itself from damage, which is why a tan is a sign of harm rather than of health. Nobody sunbathed for fashion before the 1920s, when pale skin stopped being the ideal.

Definitions of sunbathe

1verbsunbatheTo lie in the sun to make the skin darker.A2+
“They lay by the pool to sunbathe while the children swam.”

sunbathe is a lying.

Where it comes from

From sun + bathe.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

sunbathe in the wild

During the day most visitors go to Amouso or other beaches near Marantochori to sunbathe.
Marantochori
Visitors come to 160-acre Grand Isle State Park to beachcomb, birdwatch, boat, camp, crab, fish, and sunbathe.
Grand Isle State Park (Louisiana)
Although topless sunbathing is not prohibited, the judge ordered the two defendants to pay a fine of 230 zlotys for breaking the rules of conduct.
Dorota Krzysztofek
Visitors to Greenwich Point typically jog, walk, or cycle around the Point, fish, boat, or swim in the Long Island Sound, study nature, or sunbathe.
Greenwich Point
At this reserve, you can swim, sunbathe, fish, birdwatch or eat at the picnic area.
Tyagarah, New South Wales

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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