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To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition: exposed themselves to disease; exposed their children to classical music.
(verb-transitive)
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To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
(verb-transitive)
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To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm: troops that were exposed to gunfire.
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To make visible: Cleaning exposed the grain of the wood. See Synonyms at show.
(verb-transitive)
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To make known (something discreditable).
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.