From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsun yourselfsun yourselfDLOLIE DOWNto sit or lie outside when the sun is shining → sunbatheThe beaches were full of families sunning themselves. →sunExamples from the Corpussun yourself• It was true there were many snakes there on hot days sunning themselves but that did not worry him.• Even the life-giving sun itself is being accused and feared like a violentcriminal on the loose.• But a srnall gatorsunned himself on a bank, an egretleaned forward knee-deep in the standing pool.• They like to sun themselves on pavement too hot to walk on in shoes.• Red junglefowl, the ancestors of all our domesticchickens, sun themselves on the edge of the forest.• Lee Ann took all her clothes off and lay down to sun herself on the flying bridge.• It was sunning itself on the path.• Redlands Here you can relax in a pinelodgeoverlooking a lovelygarden, or sun yourself on the semi-circular sun terrace.