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SOLARIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they solarize ... he / she / it solarizes
Past simple: solarized
Past participle: solarized
-ing form: solarizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun
Example:
These herbs suffer when sunned
Synonyms:
insolate; solarise; solarize; sun
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "solarize" is one way to...):
expose (expose or make accessible to some action or influence)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
solarization (exposure to the rays of the sun)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Overexpose to sunlight
Example:
be careful not to solarize the photographic film
Synonyms:
solarise; solarize
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "solarize" is one way to...):
overexpose (expose to too much light)
Verb group:
solarise; solarize (become overexposed)
solarise; solarize (reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it)
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Become overexposed
Example:
The film solarized
Synonyms:
solarise; solarize
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "solarize" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
solarise; solarize (overexpose to sunlight)
solarise; solarize (reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it)
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 4
Meaning:
Reverse some of the tones of (a negative or print) and introduce pronounced outlines of highlights, by exposing it briefly to light, then washing and redeveloping it
Synonyms:
solarise; solarize
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "solarize" is one way to...):
develop (make visible by means of chemical solutions)
Verb group:
solarise; solarize (overexpose to sunlight)
solarise; solarize (become overexposed)
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
