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Definitions for Expose

[1] to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
[2] to lay open to something specified: to expose oneself to the influence of bad companions.
[3] to uncover or bare to the air, cold, etc.: to expose one's head to the rain.
[4] to present to view; exhibit; display: The storekeeper exposed his wares.
[5] to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
[6] to reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.): to expose a swindler.
[7] to hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
[8] to desert in an unsheltered or open place; abandon, as a child.
[9] to subject, as to the action of something: to expose a photographic plate to light.
[10] expose oneself , to exhibit one's body, especially one's genitals, publicly in an immodest or exhibitionistic manner.
[11] a public exposure or revelation, as of something discreditable: Certain cheap magazines make a fortune out of sensational exposés.
[12] to display for viewing; exhibit
[13] to bring to public notice; disclose; reveal to expose the facts
[14] to divulge the identity of; unmask
[15] (foll by to) to make subject or susceptible (to attack, criticism, etc)
[16] to abandon (a child, animal, etc) in the open to die
[17] (foll by to) to introduce (to) or acquaint (with) he was exposed to the classics at an early age
[18] photog to subject (a photographic film or plate) to light, X-rays, or some other type of actinic radiation
[19] RC Church to exhibit (the consecrated Eucharistic Host or a relic) for public veneration
[20] expose oneself to display one's sexual organs in public
[21] the act or an instance of bringing a scandal, crime, etc, to public notice
[22] an article, book, or statement that discloses a scandal, crime, etc

Words related to Expose

disclose, prove, unmask, bare, uncover, open, display, endanger, jeopardize, exhibit, streak, parade, show, feature, flaunt, advertise, manifest, brandish, unearth, leak

Words nearby Expose

export quota, export reject, export-import bank, exportation, exposal, expose, exposed, exposit, exposition, expositor, expository

Origin of Expose

é1795–1805; < French, noun use of past participle of exposer to expose

Words that may be confused with Expose

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, exposéexpose, exposé

Other words from Expose

ex·pos·a·ble , adjective
ex·pos·a·bil·i·ty , noun
ex·pos·er , noun
self-ex·pos·ing , adjective
un·ex·pos·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Expose

C15: from Old French exposer, from Latin expōnere to set out; see exponent

Synonyms for Expose

bare, bring to light, disclose, display, open, prove, uncover, unmask, advertise, air, betray, brandish, broadcast, crack, debunk, denude, disport, divulge, exhibit, feature, flash, flaunt, leak, manifest, parade, present, publish, report, show, spill, streak, unclothe, unearth, unfold, unveil, dig up, give away, lay bare, lay open, let cat out of bag, let out, make known, open to view, put on view, show off, smoke out, tip off, trot out, unshroud