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    SOLARIZE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they solarize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it solarizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: solarized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: solarized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: solarizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sunplay

    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 sunlightplay

    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 overexposedplay

    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 itplay

    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

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