sun, insolate, solarize, solarise
(verb) expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; “insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble”; “These herbs suffer when sunned”
solarize, solarise
(verb) overexpose to sunlight; “be careful not to solarize the photographic film”
solarize, solarise
(verb) become overexposed; “The film solarized”
solarize, solarise
(verb) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
solarize (third-person singular simple present solarizes, present participle solarizing, simple past and past participle solarized)
(transitive) To subject to solarization.
(transitive, dated, photography) To overexpose.
(intransitive, dated, photography) To become overexposed.
(horticulture) To treat soil by covering with plastic and exposing to sunlight.
To convert to using solar energy.
• oralizes
Source: Wiktionary
So"lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Solarizing.] (Photog.)
Definition: To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn.
So"lar*ize, v. i. (Photog.)
Definition: To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
