Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Baked, dried, or hardened by exposure to sunlight.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of sunbake.
  • adjective Baked by the heat of the sun.

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  • adjective dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
  • adjective baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned

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Examples

  • Dante burned against her, his hard, lean body hot as sunbaked desert sand.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Dante burned against her, his hard, lean body hot as sunbaked desert sand.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • In a match featuring short points and few rallies, Federer conjured up a few great returns to break the 6-foot-10 (2.08 m) Croatian twice and secure a 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3) victory on another sunbaked day at the All England Club.

    Roddick edges Hewitt to join Federer, Murray, Haas in semis 2009

  • Dante burned against her, his hard, lean body hot as sunbaked desert sand.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Here the ground was sunbaked and wide open in a multitude of cracks.

    CHAPTER XVII 2010

  • Choidrin says his visit would be like water, which is needed by parched, sunbaked soil.

    Buddhism Rebounds in Russia 2011

  • Choidrin says his visit would be like water, which is needed by parched, sunbaked soil.

    Buddhism Rebounds in Russia 2011

  • This guy is denser than sunbaked mud: "She may not know or understand the progress we've made in this state," Perry said at a news conference Tuesday in Austin, Texas.

    Perry fires back in Texas GOP gov battle 2009

  • Choidrin says his visit would be like water, which is needed by parched, sunbaked soil.

    Buddhism Rebounds in Russia 2011

  • He hit the sunbaked earth hard enough to have the wind knocked out of him, but not hard enough to injure himself or—perhaps more importantly—dislodge the credit-laden pack strapped onto his back, and came up with his AGR-14 in his hands.

    Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011

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