'Expose' definitions:

Definition of 'expose'

From: WordNet
noun
The exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government" [syn: expose, unmasking]
verb
Expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"
verb
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"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out]
verb
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?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship" [syn: expose, exhibit, display]
verb
Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway" [syn: uncover, expose] [ant: cover]
verb
Disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" [syn: disclose, expose]
verb
Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position [syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril]
verb
Expose to light, of photographic film
verb
Expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" [syn: debunk, expose]
verb
Abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"

Definition of 'Expose'

From: GCIDE
  • Expose \Ex*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Exposing.] [F. exposer; pref. ex- (L. ex out)+poser to place. See Pose, v. t.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • You only expose the follies of men, without arraigning their vices. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'expose'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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