| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To make bare: bare, denude, disrobe, divest, strip1, uncover. See PUT ON. 2. To disclose in a breach of confidence: betray, blab, divulge, give away, let out, reveal, tell, uncover, unveil. Informal : spill. Archaic : discover. Idioms: let slip, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans, tell all. See SHOW. 3. To make a public and usually ostentatious show of: brandish, display, disport, exhibit, flash, flaunt, parade, show (off), sport. See SHOW. 4. To lay open, as to something undesirable or injurious: subject. Idioms: open the door to. See PROTECTION. 5. To make visible; bring to view: bare, disclose, display, reveal, show, unclothe, uncover, unmask, unveil. Archaic : discover. Idioms: bring to light, lay open, make plain. See SHOW.
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