Dictionary definition · expose
noun
- the exposure of an impostor or a fraud"he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
verb
- expose or make accessible to some action or influence"Expose your students to art"
- 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"
- to show, make visible or apparent"The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body"uncover your belly"
- reveal to view as by removing a cover"The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- expose to light, of photographic film
- expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas"The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
- abandon by leaving out in the open air"The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).