expose
/ɪkˈspoʊz/ verb B1- To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light.
- To subject photographic film to light, thereby recording an image.
- To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance, such as radiation, a chemical, or any other stress. · Residents were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation.
- To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs. · to expose an API
- To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
Plural expose · He/she/it exposes · Past exposed · Past participle exposed · -ing form exposing
Verb forms
- Base form
- expose
- He/she/it
- exposes
- Past
- exposed
- Past participle
- exposed
- -ing form
- exposing
From the library
This was the organization which I deduced, Watson, and which I devoted my whole energy to exposing and breaking up.
If you had as many brains in your head as you have hairs in your beard, you would never have gone down before you had inspected the way up, nor have exposed yourself to dangers from which you had no means of escape.”
A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls, but it was blotched in places with mildew, and here and there great strips had become detached and hung down, exposing the yellow plaster beneath.
Holmes, as he saw his wife rise from a kneeling position beside the cot, and saw blood upon the child's exposed neck and upon the sheet.
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