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expose

Dictionary definition · expose

noun

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

verb

  1. expose or make accessible to some action or influence"Expose your students to art"
  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"
  3. to show, make visible or apparent"The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"
  4. remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body"uncover your belly"
  5. reveal to view as by removing a cover"The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
  6. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
  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"
  9. abandon by leaving out in the open air"The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).