EXPOSE


Meaning of EXPOSE in English

v.tr.

1. leave uncovered or unprotected, esp. from the weather.

2 (foll. by to) cause to be liable to or in danger of (was exposed to great danger).

3 (as exposed adj.) a (foll. by to) open to; unprotected from (exposed to the east). b vulnerable, risky.

4 Photog. subject (a film) to light, esp. by operation of a camera.

5 reveal the identity or fact of (esp. a person or thing disapproved of or guilty of crime etc.).

6 disclose; make public.

7 exhibit, display.

8 put up for sale.

Phrases and idioms:

expose oneself display one's body, esp. the genitals, publicly and indecently.

Derivatives:

exposer n.

Etymology: ME f. OF exposer after L exponere: see EXPONENT, POSE(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.