Verb
(patent law, Japan and South Korea) To publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.
(transitive) To expose or reveal (something).
to lay oneself open to criticism
(transitive) To open (something) through cutting or scissoring.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgBooks let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own. William Hazlitt
The billion billion paths of his life lay open before him, waiting for his first choices, for the first changes in the world around him to eliminate a million futures every second. Orson Scott Card
It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks. Terry Pratchett
Teach me, dear creature, how to think and speak Lay open to my earthy-gross conceit, Smother'd in errors, feeble, shallow, weak, The folded meaning of your words' deceit. William Shakespeare
Bavaria now lay open to attack, but Max Emanuel, knowing Tallard was bringing reinforcements from the Rhine, could be persuaded by neither pressure nor inducements to abandon his French alliance. Source: Internet
Muhammad prepared a force of about 3,000 men and adopted a form of defense unknown in Arabia at that time; the Muslims dug a trench wherever Medina lay open to cavalry attack. Source: Internet