EXPOSE

expose, unmasking

(noun) the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; “he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government”

expose

(verb) abandon by leaving out in the open air; “The infant was exposed by the teenage mother”; “After Christmas, many pets get abandoned”

debunk, expose

(verb) expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; “The physicist debunked the psychic’s claims”

unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover

(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”; “The newspaper uncovered the President’s illegal dealings”

queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril

(verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

uncover, expose

(verb) remove all or part of one’s clothes to show one’s body; “uncover your belly”; “The man exposed himself in the subway”

expose

(verb) expose or make accessible to some action or influence; “Expose your students to art”; “expose the blanket to sunshine”

expose

(verb) expose to light, of photographic film

disclose, expose, uncover

(verb) reveal to view as by removing a cover; “The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set”

expose, exhibit, display

(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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

expose (third-person singular simple present exposes, present participle exposing, simple past and past participle exposed)

(transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to.

(transitive) To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.

(transitive) To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.

To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.

(computing, transitive) To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.

Synonyms

• (to reveal): bare, nake; see reveal

(a hidden aspect of one's character): bewray

(to remove clothing): doff; see undress

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exposed(); p. pr. & vb. n. Exposing.] Etym: [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. Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined. Locke.

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. Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. Shak.

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. You only expose the follies of men, without arraigning their vices. Dryden.

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.

Ex`po`sé", n. Etym: [F., prop.p.p. of exposer. See Expose, v. t.]

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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