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Definition of Expose
1. Verb. Expose or make accessible to some action or influence. "Expose the blanket to sunshine"
Specialized synonyms: Ventilate, Insolate, Solarise, Solarize, Sun, Aerate, Air, Air Out, Overexpose, Underexpose
Derivative terms: Exposure, Exposure
2. Noun. The exposure of an impostor or a fraud. "He published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
3. 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. "They expose that there was a traffic accident "; "Unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
Specialized synonyms: Blackwash, Muckrake, Blow, Out, Come Out, Come Out Of The Closet, Out, Spring, Betray, Bewray, Confide, Leak, Babble, Babble Out, Blab, Blab Out, Let The Cat Out Of The Bag, Peach, Sing, Spill The Beans, Talk, Tattle, Reveal
Causes: Break, Get Around, Get Out
Related verbs: Break, Get Around, Get Out
Generic synonyms: Tell
Derivative terms: Disclosure, Discovery, Divulgement, Divulgence, Exposure, Giveaway, Revealing, Revelation
4. Verb. To show, make visible or apparent. "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
Generic synonyms: Show
Specialized synonyms: Open, Bring Forth, Produce, Hold Up, Bench, Moon, Flash, Flaunt, Ostentate, Show Off, Swank, Brandish, Model, Model, Pose, Posture, Sit, Gibbet, Pillory
Derivative terms: Display, Exhibit, Exhibition, Exposure
5. Verb. Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body. "The man exposed himself in the subway"
Specialized synonyms: Undo, Unwrap, Undrape, Unclothe, Bare, Unmask, Unveil
Antonyms: Cover
6. Verb. Disclose to view as by removing a cover. "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
Specialized synonyms: Face
Generic synonyms: Bring Out, Reveal, Uncover, Unveil
Derivative terms: Exposure
7. Verb. Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.
Generic synonyms: Affect, Bear On, Bear Upon, Impact, Touch, Touch On
Specialized synonyms: Compromise
Derivative terms: Exposure, Peril, Peril, Peril
8. Verb. Expose to light, of photographic film.
Generic synonyms: Subject
Specialized synonyms: Overexpose, Underexpose
Derivative terms: Exposure, Exposure
9. Verb. Expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas. "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
Generic synonyms: Blackguard, Guy, Jest At, Laugh At, Make Fun, Poke Fun, Rib, Ridicule, Roast
Specialized synonyms: Uncloak, Unmask
Derivative terms: Debunking
10. Verb. Abandon by leaving out in the open air. "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
Definition of Expose
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Expose
1. Verb. (transitive) to uncover, make visible, bring to daylight, introduce to ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to subject photographic film to light thus ruining it or taking a picture if controlled ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) to abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness ¹
4. Noun. publication of some disreputable facts ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expose
1. to lay open to view [v -POSED, -POSING, -POSES]
Medical Definition of Expose
1. To perform or undergo exposure. Origin: O. Fr. Exposer, fr. L. Ex-pono, pp. Ex-positum, to set out, expose (05 Mar 2000)
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