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INSOLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insolate mean? 

INSOLATE (verb)
  The verb INSOLATE has 1 sense:

1. expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sunplay

  Familiarity information: INSOLATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INSOLATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they insolate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it insolates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: insolated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: insolated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: insolating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

insolate; solarise; solarize; sun

Context example:

These herbs suffer when sunned

Hypernyms (to "insolate" is one way to...):

expose (expose or make accessible to some action or influence)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

insolation (therapeutic exposure to sunlight)

insolation (incident solar radiation)

insolation (sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat)


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