Expose

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  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition.
  • transitive verb. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
  • transitive verb. To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm.
  • transitive verb. To make visible: synonym: show.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To make known (something discreditable).
  • transitive verb. To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of.
  • transitive verb. To engage in indecent exposure of (oneself).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To place or set forth so as to be seen or known; lay open to view; lay bare; uncover; reveal: as, to expose a thing to the light; to expose a secret.
  • To place on view; exhibit; show: as, to expose goods for sale.
  • To present to the action or influence of something: as, in photography, to expose a sensitized plate to the action of the actinic rays of light.
  • To place or leave in an unprotected place or state; specifically, to abandon to chance in an open or unprotected place: as, among the ancient Greeks it was not uncommon for parents to expose their children.
  • To place in the way, as of something which it would be better to avoid; subject, as to some risk; make liable: as, vanity exposes a person to ridicule; the movement exposed him to the danger of a raking fire in his flanks.
  • To make known the actions or character of; reveal the secret or secrets of; lay open to comment, ridicule, reprehension, or the like, by some revelation: as, to expose a hypocrite or a rogue; to expose an impostor.
  • To expound, as a theory.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display
  • transitive verb. To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable
  • transitive verb. To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like.
  • transitive verb. To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to uncover, make visible, bring to daylight, introduce to
  • verb. to subject photographic film to light thus ruining it or taking a picture if controlled
  • verb. to abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. expose to light, of photographic film
  • verb. expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
  • verb. abandon by leaving out in the open air
  • verb. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
  • verb. remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
  • verb. disclose to view as by removing a cover
  • 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
  • verb. expose or make accessible to some action or influence
  • verb. to show, make visible or apparent
  • noun. the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
  • Word Usage
    "I found this post kind of troubling - Mr Raymond clearly feels guilty about his part in corrupting the system - his expose is an attempt to cleanse his conscience and sleep peacefully - but most of his post is an underhanded justification of why campaigns are corrupt!"
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    bare  unclothe  undo  undrape  unmask  
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    Bose  Brose  Goes  Joes  Jos  
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    boit  
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