exposed Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb expose or make accessible to some action or influence
   expose.
   
   • Expose your students to art
   • expose the blanket to sunshine
2. verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
   disclose; reveal; unwrap; bring out; expose; let on; discover; divulge; break; let out; give away.
   
   • The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
   • The actress won't reveal how old she is
   • bring out the truth
   • he broke the news to her
   • unwrap the evidence in the murder case
3. verb to show, make visible or apparent
   exhibit; expose; display.
   
   • The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month
   • Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?
   • National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship
4. verb remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
   uncover; expose.
   
   • uncover your belly
   • The man exposed himself in the subway
5. verb disclose to view as by removing a cover
   disclose; expose.
   
   • The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set
6. verb put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
   endanger; scupper; expose; peril; queer.
   
7. verb expose to light, of photographic film
   expose.
   
8. verb expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
   debunk; expose.
   
   • The physicist debunked the psychic's claims
9. verb abandon by leaving out in the open air
   expose.
   
   • The infant was exposed by the teenage mother
   • After Christmas, many pets get abandoned
10. adjective satellite with no protection or shield
    open.
    
    • the exposed northeast frontier
    • open to the weather
    • an open wound
11. adjective satellite not covered with clothing
    uncovered.
    
    • her exposed breast

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