exposed
Sayik-SPOHZDUS/ɪkˈspoʊzd//ɪkˈspəʊzd/
- 1Left open to harm, weather, or attack, with no cover or protection.
Like a turtle out of its shell, with nothing to keep it safe.
The hikers were exposed to strong wind on top of the hill.
Without a fence, the garden is exposed to deer all night.
Similarvulnerable, unprotected, open, unsheltered, defenseless
Oppositesheltered, protected, covered, shielded
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- 2Simple past and past participle of expose. Use it for something that already happened.
The report exposed years of fraud at the company.
She exposed the secret to everyone at the meeting.
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exposed is a form of expose
expose, verb: To show something that was hidden or kept secret. Full entry
- Spelling
- expose → exposed: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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