expose

expose

A vtr

1 (display) gen exposer [body, skin] ; montrer [teeth] ; (provocatively) exhiber [chest, thighs] ; to expose one's ignorance étaler son ignorance ;

2 (make public) révéler [fact, identity, secret] ; dénoncer [injustice, person, scandal] ; to expose sb as a spy démasquer qn comme espion ; to expose sb for what they are dévoiler la vraie nature de qn ;

3 (uncover) exposer [contents, inside, dirt] ; dénuder [wire] ; exposer [nerve] ; [low tide] découvrir [rocks] ; [excavations] mettre à jour [fossil, remains] ;

4 (introduce) to expose sb to initier qn à [opera, politics] ; exposer qn à [effect, influence, reality] ;

5 (make vulnerable) to expose sb/sth to exposer qn/qch à [danger, infection, light] ; livrer qn/qch à [ridicule, temptation] ;

6 Phot exposer [film] ;

7 Antiq (abandon) exposer [baby].

B v refl

1 to expose oneself (exhibit one's body) s'exhiber (to à) ; Jur commettre un outrage à la pudeur ;

2 to expose oneself to (make oneself vulnerable) s'exposer à [risk, danger].

C exposed pp adj [area, chest, film] exposé ; [wire] à nu ; Constr [beam, stonework] apparent.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.