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English Dictionary: sunshine by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sunshine
n
  1. the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind"
    Synonym(s): sunlight, sunshine, sun
  2. moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
    Synonym(s): fair weather, sunshine, temperateness
  3. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"
    Synonym(s): cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine
    Antonym(s): uncheerfulness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sunshine \Sun"shine`\, a.
      Sunshiny; bright. --Shak. [bd]Sunshine hours.[b8] --Keble.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sunshine \Sun"shine`\, n.
      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.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sunshine, LA
      Zip code(s): 70780
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