Expose - Definition

n 1: the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an
expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
[syn: expose, unmasking]
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 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]
3: 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]
4: 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]
5: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to
disclose a stunning set" [syn: disclose, expose]
6: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
[syn: queer, expose, 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 psychic's
claims" [syn: debunk, expose]
9: abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was
exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets
get abandoned"