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 

• INSOLATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they insolate    ... he / she / it insolates   
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)