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ex⋅posed

  [ik-spohzd]
Use Exposed in a Sentence
–adjective
1. left or being without shelter or protection: The house stood on a windy, exposed cliff.
2. laid open to view; unconcealed: an exposed king of spades.
3. susceptible to attack; vulnerable.
Origin:
1620–30; expose + -ed 2

Related forms:
ex⋅pos⋅ed⋅ness  [ik-spoh-zid-nis] , noun
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ex⋅pose

  [ik-spohz]
–verb (used with object), -posed, -pos⋅ing.
1. to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
2. to lay open to something specified: to expose oneself to the influence of bad companions.
3. to uncover or bare to the air, cold, etc.: to expose one's head to the rain.
4. to present to view; exhibit; display: The storekeeper exposed his wares.
5. to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
6. to reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.): to expose a swindler.
7. to hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
8. to desert in an unsheltered or open place; abandon, as a child.
9. to subject, as to the action of something: to expose a photographic plate to light.
—Idiom
10. expose oneself, to exhibit one's body, esp. one's genitals, publicly in an immodest or exhibitionistic manner.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME exposen < OF exposer, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + poser to put (see pose 1 ), rendering L expōnere to put out, expose, set forth in words; see expound

Related forms:
ex⋅pos⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ex⋅pos⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
ex⋅pos⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. subject, endanger, imperil, jeopardize. 5. uncover, unveil, betray.

Antonyms:
2. protect, shield. 5. conceal, hide, cover up.
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ex·pose   (ĭk-spōz')   
tr.v.   ex·posed, ex·pos·ing, ex·pos·es

    1. To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition: exposed themselves to disease; exposed their children to classical music.

    2. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.

    3. To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm: troops that were exposed to gunfire.

    4. To make known (something discreditable).

    5. To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of: expose a criminal.

  2. To make visible: Cleaning exposed the grain of the wood. See Synonyms at show.

    1. To make known (something discreditable).

    2. To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of: expose a criminal.

  4. To engage in indecent exposure of (oneself).


[Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place) of Latin expōnere, to set forth; see expound.]
ex·pos'er n.
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Word Origin & History

expose  (v.)
1474, "to leave without shelter or defense," from M.Fr. exposer "lay open, set forth," from L. exponere "set forth" (see expound), altered by confusion with poser "to place, lay down" (see pose). The use of exposure in the sense of "situation with regard to sun or weather" is from 1664. Exposé "display of discreditable information" was introduced 1803 as a Fr. word (it is the pp. of Fr. exposer); earliest use was in ref. to Napoleon.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·pose
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ex·posed; ex·pos·ing
1 : to subject to risk from a harmful action or condition: as a : to make (one) open to liability or financial loss b : to leave (a child) uncared-for and lacking shelter from the elements
2 : to cause to be visible or open to view: as a : to offer publicly for sale expose for sale at public auction —Detroit Law Journal> b : to purposely uncover (one's private body parts) or leave open to view in a place or situation in which such conduct is likely to be deemed offensive or indecent esp. as set forth by statute —see also INDECENT EXPOSURE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·pose
Pronunciation: ik-'spOz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ex·posed; ex·pos·ing
1 : to make liable to or accessible to something (as a disease or environmental conditions) that may have a detrimental effect exposed to diphtheria>
2 : to lay open to view: as a : to conduct (oneself) as an exhibitionist b : to reveal (a bodily part) especially by dissection
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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