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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 sun
Familiarity information: INSOLATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: insolated
Past participle: insolated
-ing form: insolating
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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