Definition of exposure

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Exposure (n.) The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt..

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Shame :: Shame (n.) A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal..
Scale :: Scale (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure..
Chilblain :: Chilblain (n.) A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration..
Indurate :: Indurate (v. t.) To make hard; as, extreme heat indurates clay; some fossils are indurated by exposure to the air..
Cerargyrite :: Cerargyrite (n.) Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver)..
Sale :: Sale (v. t.) Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction..
Isopepsin :: Isopepsin (n.) Pepsin modified by exposure to a temperature of from 40¡ to 60¡ C.
Photo-epinasty :: Photo-epinasty (n.) A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light..
Exposure :: Exposure (n.) Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc..
Sulphurize :: Sulphuring (n.) Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur..
Broil :: Broil (v. t.) To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals..
Barbecue :: Barbecue (v. t.) To dry or cure by exposure on a frame or gridiron.
Fast :: Fast (v.) Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors..
Efflorescent :: Efflorescent (v. i.) That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt..
Jeopardy :: "Jeopardy (n.) Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger..
Pyrophorus :: Pyrophorus (n.) Any one of several substances or mixtures which phosphoresce or ignite spontaneously on exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum, potash, and charcoal, or a mixture of charcoal and finely divided lead..
Imbrown :: Imbrown (v. t.) To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure..
Cold :: Cold (n.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
Blot :: Blot (n.) An exposure of a single man to be taken up.
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts..
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