verb🔗ShareTo reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to."The newspaper exposed the company's illegal dumping of waste. "appearanceconditionenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image."The photographer exposed the film to capture the bright sunset over the ocean. "technologyartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness."Centuries ago, a desperate mother might have exposed her newborn child on a hillside due to poverty and lack of resources. "familyinhumanactionmoralsocietyhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc."To test the new paint's durability, the researchers exposed it to direct sunlight and heavy rain for several weeks. "medicinephysiologysubstancechemistrybiologyscienceenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs."The website's API exposed the user's profile data, allowing other applications to access it. "computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(usually followed by to) Vulnerable, susceptible."The bike chain is open and exposed to tough environmental conditions such as temperature changes, humidity, rain, dirt and road salt."conditionmedicineenvironmentbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading