exposed (verb)

  • 1expose — verb 1 uncover sth ADVERB ▪ completely, fully ▪ briefly ▪ suddenly ▪ deliberately ▪ a gesture that deliberately exposed the …

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  • 2expose — verb 1) at low tide, the sands are exposed Syn: reveal, uncover, lay bare Ant: cover 2) he was exposed to asbestos Syn: make vulnerable to, subject to, lay open to, put at risk …

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  • 3expose — verb 1) at low tide the rocks are exposed Syn: reveal, uncover, lay bare 2) he was exposed to radiation Syn: lay open, subject, put at risk of, put in jeopardy of, leave unprotected from 3) …

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  • 4expose — verb (T) 1 SHOW to show something that is usually covered: The wolf opened its mouth to expose a row of sharp white teeth. | expose sth to sth: Wounds that are exposed to the air heal more quickly. 2 TO STH DANGEROUS to put someone in a harmful… …

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  • 5develop — verb Etymology: French développer, from Old French desveloper, desvoluper to unwrap, expose, from des de + envoloper to enclose more at envelop Date: 1750 transitive verb 1. a. to set forth or make clear by degrees or in detail ; …

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  • 6take fire — verb start to burn or burst into flames Marsh gases ignited suddenly The oily rags combusted spontaneously • Syn: ↑erupt, ↑ignite, ↑catch fire, ↑combust, ↑conflagrate • Derivationally related f …

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  • 7open — verb To render accessible, visible, or available; to submit or subject to examination, inquiry, or review, by the removal of restrictions or impediments @ open a case In practice, to open a case is to begin it; to make an initiatory explanation… …

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  • 8protect — verb ADVERB ▪ completely, fully ▪ adequately, properly, well ▪ A cardboard box would protect the product better. ▪ inadequately …

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  • 9crop out — verb appear at the surface A seam of coal bassets • Syn: ↑basset • Hypernyms: ↑appear • Verb Frames: Something is ing PP * * * (of rock) appear or be exposed at the surface of the earth …

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  • 10open fire — verb start firing a weapon (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑fire • Derivationally related forms: ↑fire (for: ↑fire), ↑firing (for: ↑fire) …

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