expose

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

2. 2transitive verb

   To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.

3. 3transitive verb

   To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.

4. 4transitive verb

   To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.

5. 5transitive verb

   A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.

6. 6noun

   the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

   "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"

   Synonyms

   unmasking
7. 7verb

   abandon by leaving out in the open air

   "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"

   "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"

8. 8verb

   expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas

   "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

   Synonyms

   debunk
9. 9verb

   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"

   Synonyms

   breakdisclosediscoverdivulgerevealunwrap
10. 10verb

    put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

    Synonyms

    endangerperilqueerscupper
11. 11verb

    remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body

    "uncover your belly"

    "The man exposed himself in the subway"

    Synonyms

    uncover
12. 12verb

    expose or make accessible to some action or influence

    "Expose your students to art"

    "expose the blanket to sunshine"

13. 13verb

    expose to light, of photographic film

14. 14verb

    disclose to view as by removing a cover

    "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"

    Synonyms

    disclose
15. 15verb

    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?"

    Synonyms

    displayexhibit