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ex⋅posed

  [ik-spohzd]
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–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

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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