solarise
/ˈsoʊləraɪz/
verb
- To expose something to sunlight, especially for bleaching, drying, or therapeutic purposes.
- Some people solarise their drinking water in clear bottles to purify it.
- The gardener solarises the soil by covering it with clear plastic to kill weeds.
- She likes to solarise her white laundry to make it brighter.
- In photography, to reverse the tones of an image by exposing it to light during development.
- He accidentally solarised the film by opening the camera too soon.
- Old photographs sometimes solarise if they are left in bright light.
- The artist learned to solarise prints in the darkroom for a surreal effect.
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