sunshine Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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.
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.