Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
expose to too much light;
- Example: "the photographic film was overexposed and there is no image"2.
expose excessively;
- Example: "As a child, I was overexposed to French movies"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Solarize \So"lar*ize\, v. i. (Photog.)
To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's
rays in the camera; -- an older term now replaced by
overexpose.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Overexpose \O`ver*ex*pose"\, v. t.
To expose excessively; specif. (Photog.), to subject (a plate
or film) too long to the light used in producing a picture.
-- O`ver*ex*po"sure, n.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
overexpose
v 1: expose to too much light; "the photographic film was
overexposed and there is no image" [ant: underexpose]
2: expose excessively; "As a child, I was overexposed to French
movies" [ant: underexpose]