English

Alternative forms

• solarise

Verb

solarize ‎(third-person singular simple present solarizes, present participle solarizing, simple past and past participle solarized)

1. (transitive) To subject to solarization.
2. (transitive, dated, photography) To overexpose.
3. (horticulture) To treat soil by covering with plastic and exposing to sunlight.
   • 2000, Beth Hanson, Natural Disease Control, ISBN 1889538175, page 97:

     In areas with abundant sunlight, you can solarize the soil to disinfect it of fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and even weed seeds (see page 83).

   • 2005, Victoria Renoux, For the Love of Garlic: The Complete Guide to Garlic Cuisine, ISBN 0757000878, page 106:

     The best time to solarize is when the sun is at its hottest, at mid summer.

   • 2016, Caleb Warnock, Stress-Free Vegetable Gardening: Thriving Gardens with Minimal Effort, ISBN 1462126227:

     Another even more effective method is to heavily douse the area with common grocery store vinegar (white or apple cider), and then cover it with plastic and solarize it for two weeks. If after two weeks you still have problems, apply more vinegar and solarize for the rest of the summer and try again next year. Remember to clean the land before you solarize.

4. To convert to using solar energy.
   • 2008, David Black, Living Off the Grid, ISBN 1602393168:

     Other factors come into play when trying to solarize a home.

   • 2008, Brian Hicks & ‎Chris Nelder, Profit from the Peak, ISBN 0470280174:

     In 2006, China passed the United States to become the world's third largest producer of the cells, after Germany and Japan -- the latter two being the two most solarized nations in the world.

   • 2012, B.B.P. Lim, Solar Energy Applications in the Tropics, ISBN 9400979363:

     The development of the technology of utility grid feedback and the study of its economics give rise to the hope of a solarized society with homes completely powered by photovoltaic solar electric arrays and electric cars run off the sun's energy.