lay open en · VERB
Meanings
- (Japan, South-Korea) To publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.
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(transitive) To expose or reveal (something).
The power of turning into an animal has this serious disadvantage that it lays you open to the chance of being wounded or even slain in your animal skin before you have the chance to put it off and scramble back into your human integument.
1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 207:to lay oneself open to criticism
- (transitive) To open (something) through cutting or scissoring.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| laying open | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| laid open | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| laid open | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| lays open | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
de offenlegen (East Asian patent publication) · ko 공개하다 (East Asian patent publication) · ja 公開する (East Asian patent publication)