expose (n.)

  1. the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government

    [ Syn: unmasking ]

    expose (v.)

  1. expose or make accessible to some action or influence; Expose your students to art; expose the blanket to sunshine'

  2. 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 wont 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 , divulge , break , give away , let out ]

  3. to show, make visible or apparent; The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goyas works this month; Why dont you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?; National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship

    [ Syn: exhibit , display ]

  4. remove all or part of ones clothes to show ones body; uncover your belly; The man exposed himself in the subway

    [ Syn: uncover ]

  5. disclose to view as by removing a cover; The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set

    [ Syn: disclose ]

  6. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

    [ Syn: queer , scupper , endanger , peril ]

  7. expose to light, of photographic film

  8. expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; The physicist debunked the psychics claims

    [ Syn: debunk ]

  9. abandon by leaving out in the open air; The infant was exposed by the teenage mother; After Christmas, many pets get abandoned'

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