(~s, exposing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
To ~ something that is usually hidden means to uncover it so that it can be seen.
Lowered sea levels ~d the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea...
...the ~d brickwork.
VERB: V n, V-ed
2.
To ~ a person or situation means to reveal that they are bad or immoral in some way.
The Budget does ~ the lies ministers were telling a year ago...
He has simply been ~d as an adulterer and a fool.
VERB: V n, be V-ed as n/adj, also V n as n/adj
3.
If someone is ~d to something dangerous or unpleasant, they are put in a situation in which it might affect them.
They had not been ~d to most diseases common to urban populations...
A wise mother never ~s her children to the slightest possibility of danger.
...people ~d to high levels of radiation.
VERB: be V-ed to n, V n to n, V-ed
4.
If someone is ~d to an idea or feeling, usually a new one, they are given experience of it, or introduced to it.
...local people who’ve not been ~d to glimpses of Western life before...
These units ~d children to many viewpoints of a given issue.
VERB: be V-ed to n, V n to n
5.
A man who ~s himself shows people his genitals in a public place, usually because he is mentally or emotionally disturbed.
Smith admitted indecently exposing himself on Wimbledon Common.
VERB: V pron-refl