expose (
http://definr.com/expose)
n : the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an
expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
[syn:
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" [syn:
disclose,
let on,
bring out,
reveal,
discover,
declare,
divulge,
impart,
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:
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] [ant:
cover]
5: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose
to disclose a stunning set" [syn:
disclose]
6: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
[syn:
queer,
scupper,
endanger,
peril]
7: expose to light, of photographic film
8: expose while ridiculing; esp. of pretentious or false claims
and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
[syn:
debunk]
9: abandon by leaving out in the open air, as of a child or an
animal; "The infact was exposed by the teenage mother"