Solarize (original) (raw)

I. (verb)

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

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