Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exposed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Expose \Ex*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exposed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Exposing}.] [F. exposer; pref. ex- (L. ex out)+poser to
place. See {Pose}, v. t.]
1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to
show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose
pictures to public inspection.

Those who seek truth only, freely expose their
principles to the test, and are pleased to have them
examined. --Locke.

2. To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything
objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may
affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to
expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold,
insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to
destruction or defeat.

Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. --Shak.

3. To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to
public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing
that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the
like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.

You only expose the follies of men, without
arraigning their vices. --Dryden.

4. To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to
lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making
public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat,
liar, or hypocrite.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

exposed
adj 1: with no protection or shield; "the exposed northeast
frontier"; "open to the weather"; "an open wound"
[syn: {open}]
2: not covered with clothing; "her exposed breast" [syn: {uncovered}]


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