'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
- advertise,
- air,
- apocalypse,
- attaint,
- awaken,
- bare,
- baring,
- belie,
- bespatter,
- betray,
- blacken,
- blot,
- blow sky-high,
- blow up,
- blow upon,
- brand,
- brandish,
- break the seal,
- break the spell,
- bring to light,
- broadcast,
- burst the bubble,
- censure,
- clear,
- compromise,
- construction,
- correct,
- debunk,
- defame,
- defile,
- deflate,
- denudate,
- denude,
- deobstruct,
- develop,
- dig up,
- disabuse,
- disappoint,
- disapprove,
- disclose,
- disclosing,
- disclosure,
- disconfirm,
- disconfirmation,
- discover,
- discovering,
- discovery,
- discredit,
- disenchant,
- disillude,
- disillusion,
- disillusionize,
- disinter,
- dismask,
- disparage,
- display,
- disport,
- disproof,
- disproval,
- disprove,
- disproving,
- divest,
- divulge,
- draw the veil,
- encounter danger,
- endanger,
- enlighten,
- excavate,
- exegesis,
- exhibit,
- exhume,
- explication,
- explode,
- explosion,
- expose to infamy,
- exposition,
- exposure,
- ferret out,
- fish up,
- flash,
- flaunt,
- fleece,
- free,
- gamble,
- gamble with,
- gibbet,
- hang in effigy,
- hazard,
- impart,
- imperil,
- incur danger,
- interpretation,
- invalidate,
- invalidation,
- jeopard,
- jeopardize,
- jeopardy,
- lay bare,
- lay open,
- laying bare,
- leak,
- let daylight in,
- let down easy,
- let in on,
- let out,
- make known,
- manifest,
- manifestation,
- negate,
- negation,
- negative,
- open,
- open up,
- parade,
- patefaction,
- patefy,
- peril,
- pillory,
- pluck,
- present,
- prick the bubble,
- prove the contrary,
- publish,
- puncture,
- put in danger,
- put in jeopardy,
- put in writing,
- put straight,
- raise the curtain,
- redargution,
- reductio ad absurdum,
- remove,
- removing the veil,
- reprimand,
- reveal,
- revealing,
- revealment,
- revelation,
- risk,
- root up,
- set right,
- set straight,
- shear,
- show,
- show off,
- show up,
- showing up,
- showup,
- slur,
- smear,
- soil,
- stain,
- stigmatize,
- strip,
- strip bare,
- stripping,
- subject,
- subject to,
- sully,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- tell the truth,
- trot out,
- turn up,
- unblindfold,
- unblock,
- uncase,
- uncharm,
- unclench,
- uncloak,
- uncloaking,
- unclog,
- unclothe,
- unclutch,
- uncork,
- uncover,
- uncovering,
- uncurtain,
- undeceive,
- undercut,
- undo,
- undrape,
- undress,
- unearth,
- unfold,
- unfolding,
- unfoldment,
- unfoul,
- unfurl,
- unkennel,
- unlatch,
- unlock,
- unmask,
- unmasking,
- unpack,
- unplug,
- unroll,
- unscreen,
- unseal,
- unsheathe,
- unshroud,
- unshut,
- unspell,
- unstop,
- unveil,
- unveiling,
- unwrap,
- unwrapping,
- ventilate,
- vilify,
- wake up,
- worm out