Dictionary Entry
solarize
solarize is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn.
- 2intransitive verb
To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera.
- 3verb
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"
- 4verb
overexpose to sunlight
"be careful not to solarize the photographic film"
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- 5verb
become overexposed
"The film solarized"
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- 6verb
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
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