| hogback | | |
| n. (object) | 1. hogback, horseback | a narrow ridge of hills. |
| ~ ridgeline, ridge | a long narrow range of hills. |
| withers | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. withers | the highest part of the back at the base of the neck of various animals especially draft animals. |
| ~ equus caballus, horse | solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times. |
| ~ ox | an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus. |
| ~ sheep | woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat. |
| ~ cervid, deer | distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers. |
| ~ body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity. |
| expose | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. expose, unmasking | the exposure of an impostor or a fraud.; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government" |
| ~ exposure | the disclosure of something secret.; "they feared exposure of their campaign plans" |
| v. (perception) | 2. expose | expose or make accessible to some action or influence.; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine" |
| ~ subject | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to.; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" |
| ~ ventilate | expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage.; "Wheat should be well ventilated" |
| ~ insolate, sun, solarise, solarize | expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun.; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned" |
| ~ aerate, air, air out | expose to fresh air.; "aerate your old sneakers" |
| ~ overexpose | expose excessively.; "As a child, I was overexposed to French movies" |
| ~ underexpose | expose insufficiently.; "The child was underexposed to language" |
| v. (communication) | 3. break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
| ~ blackwash | bring (information) out of concealment. |
| ~ muckrake | explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures.; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking" |
| ~ blow | cause to be revealed and jeopardized.; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" |
| ~ out | reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle.; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent" |
| ~ come out of the closet, out, come out | to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality.; "This actor outed last year" |
| ~ spring | produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ betray, bewray | reveal unintentionally.; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" |
| ~ confide | reveal in private; tell confidentially. |
| ~ leak | tell anonymously.; "The news were leaked to the paper" |
| ~ babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, sing, talk | divulge confidential information or secrets.; "Be careful--his secretary talks" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| ~ reveal | disclose directly or through prophets.; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" |
| v. (perception) | 4. display, exhibit, expose | to show, make visible or apparent.; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" |
| ~ show | make visible or noticeable.; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please" |
| ~ open | display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer. |
| ~ bring forth, produce | bring out for display.; "The proud father produced many pictures of his baby"; "The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him" |
| ~ hold up | hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration. |
| ~ bench | exhibit on a bench.; "bench the poodles at the dog show" |
| ~ moon | expose one's buttocks to.; "moon the audience" |
| ~ flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank, flash | display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously.; "he showed off his new sports car" |
| ~ brandish | exhibit aggressively.; "brandish a sword" |
| ~ model | display (clothes) as a mannequin.; "model the latest fashion" |
| ~ pose, posture, model, sit | assume a posture as for artistic purposes.; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" |
| ~ pillory, gibbet | expose to ridicule or public scorn. |
| v. (contact) | 5. expose, uncover | remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body.; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway" |
| ~ unwrap, undo | remove the outer cover or wrapping of.; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel" |
| ~ undrape | strip something of drapery. |
| ~ unclothe | take the covers off.; "She unclothed her innermost feelings" |
| ~ bare | lay bare.; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings" |
| ~ unmask | take the mask off.; "unmask the imposter" |
| ~ unveil | remove the veil from.; "Women must not unveil themselves in public in Islamic societies" |
| v. (perception) | 6. disclose, expose | disclose to view as by removing a cover.; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" |
| ~ face | turn so as to expose the face.; "face a playing card" |
| ~ bring out, reveal, uncover, unveil | make visible.; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" |
| v. (communication) | 7. endanger, expose, peril, queer, scupper | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position. |
| ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ compromise | expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute.; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy" |
| v. (perception) | 8. expose | expose to light, of photographic film. |
| ~ photography, picture taking | the act of taking and printing photographs. |
| ~ subject | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to.; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" |
| ~ overexpose | expose to too much light.; "the photographic film was overexposed and there is no image" |
| ~ underexpose | expose to too little light.; "The film is underexposed, so the image is very dark" |
| v. (communication) | 9. debunk, expose | expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas.; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" |
| ~ blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, rib, roast | subject to laughter or ridicule.; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" |
| ~ uncloak, unmask | reveal the true nature of.; "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. expose | abandon by leaving out in the open air.; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned" |
| ~ desert, desolate, forsake, abandon | leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.; "The mother deserted her children" |
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