Expose definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary EXPO'SE, v.t. s ... or place, or rather to throw or thrust down. To expose is to set or throw open, or to thrust forth ... to disclose; to uncover or draw from concealment; as, to expose the secret artifices of a court; to expose a plan or design. 2. To make bare; to uncover ... from any thing that which guards or protects; as, to expose the head or the breast to the air. 3. To ... a situation to be affected or acted on; as, to expose one's self to violent heat. 4. To lay ...
... divulged; to be made public. AIR, v.t. 1. To expose to the air; to give access to the open air ... as, to air clothes; to air a room. 2. To expose to heat; to warm; as, to air liquors. 3. To ... go by air" [syn: air travel, aviation, air] v 1: expose to fresh air; "aerate your old sneakers" [syn: air out ... her opinions on welfare" [syn: publicize, publicise, air, bare] 5: expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry; "Air linen" 6: expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or ... airlessness noun II. verb Date: 1530 transitive verb 1. to expose to the air for drying, purifying, or refreshing ; ventilate — ...
... exposed electric wire > Synonyms: see liable Webster's 1913 Dictionary Expose Ex*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exposed; p. pr ... 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 ... 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 ...
... offering to inspection or to sale. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Expose Ex*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exposed; p. pr ... 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 ... 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 ...
... case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out] 2: disclose to view ... The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" [syn: disclose, expose] Merriam Webster's I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from ... 14th century 1. obsolete to open up 2. a. to expose to view b. archaic hatch c. to make known or ... known; reveal (disclosed the truth). 2 remove the cover from; expose to view. Derivatives: discloser n. Etymology: ME f. OF desclos ... and set at liberty. --Woodward. 3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light ... which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs. If I disclose ...
... danger. RISK, v.t. 1. To hazard; to endanger; to expose to injury or loss; as, to risk goods on board ... an infectious agent [syn: risk, risk of exposure] v 1: expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing ... riskless adjective II. transitive verb Date: circa 1687 1. to expose to hazard or danger < risked her life > 2. to incur ... relation to risk (is a poor risk). --v.tr. 1 expose to risk. 2 accept the chance of (could not risk ... with the possibility of (an adverse consequence). put at risk expose to danger. risk capital money put up for speculative business ... danger. run a (or the) risk (often foll. by of) expose oneself to danger or loss etc. take (or run) ...
overexpose definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) 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] Merriam Webster's transitive verb Date: 1869 to expose excessively: as a. to expose (as film) to excessive radiation (as light) b. to expose (as a celebrity) to excessive publicity especially to the extent ... overexposure noun Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. (also absol.) 1 expose too much, esp. to the public eye. 2 Photog. ...
... ventus, wind.] 1. To fan with wind; to open and expose to the free passage of air or wind; as, to ... now in use.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or ... smoke-filled rooms" [syn: vent, ventilate, air out, air] 2: expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard ... 1. a. to examine, discuss, or investigate freely and openly ; expose < ventilating family quarrels in public > b. to make public ; utter ... archaic to free from chaff by winnowing 3. a. to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air ... E. wind. See Wind rushing air.] 1. To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with ...
... Any traverse beam. GIB'BET, v.t. To hang and expose on a gibbet or gallows. 1. To hang or expose on anything going travers, as the beam of a gibbet ... gibbet, gallous] v 1: hang on an execution instrument 2: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: pillory, gibbet] Merriam Webster ... a warning II. transitive verb Date: 1646 1. a. to expose to infamy or public scorn b. to hang on a ... gibbeted, gibbeting) 1 put to death by hanging. 2 a expose on a gibbet. b hang up as on a gibbet ... Gibbeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gibbeting.] 1. To hang and expose on a gibbet. 2. To expose to infamy; to ...
... one's artistic work • showable adjective Synonyms: show, exhibit, display, expose, parade, flaunt mean to present so as to invite notice ... position where others may see to advantage < display sale items >. expose suggests bringing forth from concealment and displaying < sought to expose the hypocrisy of the town fathers >. parade implies an ostentatious ... up 1 make or be conspicuous or clearly visible. 2 expose (a fraud, impostor, inferiority, etc.). 3 colloq. appear; be present ... To show off, to exhibit ostentatiously. To show up, to expose. [Colloq.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Show Show, n. [Formerly written ... exhibit, exhibition, exhibitionism, experimental theater, explain, explain away, explicate, expo, expose, expose to view, exposit, exposition, exposure, expound, express, expression, ...
... at the comic style. VEN'TURE, v.t. 1. To expose to hazard; to risk; as, to venture one's person ... from aventure adventure Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to expose to hazard ; risk, gamble < ventured a buck or two on ... to put forward (an opinion, suggestion, etc.). 4 a tr. expose to risk; stake (a bet etc.). b intr. take risks ... s 1913 Dictionary Venture Ven"ture, v. t. 1. To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one ... risk. 4. Speculation. II. v. a. Hazard, risk, jeopardize, jeopard, expose to hazard. III. v. n. 1. Dare, adventure, hazard one ... enter on, enter upon, enterprise, equity capital, essay, experiment, exploit, expose, face, fall into, fall to, feat, financier, flier, fling, ...
... wants; we all must compromise" 2: settle by concession 3: expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear ... to adjust or settle by mutual concessions 3. a. to expose to suspicion, discredit, or mischief < his reputation has been compromised > b. to reveal or expose to an unauthorized person and especially to an enemy < confidential ... of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion. To pardon all who had been compromised in ... imperil, bring into danger, put at hazard, put in jeopardy, expose the repute of. 3. Engage, pledge, implicate, commit. III. v ... responsibility, encounter danger, endanger, evade responsibility, expansionism, expiation, expiatory offering, expose, fence, fix up, foreign affairs, foreign policy, gamble, gamble ...
... locked in and so exposed to public scorn v 1: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: pillory, gibbet] 2: punish ... 1. to set in a pillory as punishment 2. to expose to public contempt, ridicule, or scorn Oxford Reference Dictionary n ... ridicule a person so imprisoned. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 expose (a person) to ridicule or public contempt. 2 hist. put ... pillory. ``Hungering for Puritans to pillory.'' --Macaulay. 2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. --Gladstone. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (pillories, pillorying ... deride, disapprove, discipline, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, displume, ducking stool, expose, expose to infamy, fetter, finger pillory, gag, gibbet, grin at, ...
... thing under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1. SUN, v.t. To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in ... Christians [syn: Sunday, Lord's Day, Dominicus, Sun] v 1: expose one's body to the sun [syn: sun, sunbathe] 2: expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure ... II. verb (sunned; sunning) Date: 15th century transitive verb to expose to or as if to the rays of the sun ... sunned, sunning) 1 refl. bask in the sun. 2 tr. expose to the sun. 3 intr. sun oneself. Phrases and idioms ... imp. & p. p. Sunned; p. pr. & vb. n. Sunning.] To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry ...
... by disclosing a secret, or that which was intrusted; to expose; followed by the person, or the thing; as, my friend ... lest you betray your ignorance. Hence, 5. To mislead or expose to inconvenience not foreseen; as, great confidence betrays a man ... you betray your ignorance. --T. Watts. 5. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin ... the secrets of, deceive by treachery. 4. Divulge, reveal, discover, expose, tell, blab, show, make known. 5. Display, exhibit, manifest, show, indicate, imply, betoken, argue, evince, expose, reveal, uncover. 6. Mislead, lure, ensnare, entrap, beguile, delude, inveigle ... disclose, discover, divulge, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, evidence, evince, expose, fail, fink, fool, force, forestall, gammon, get around, give ...