expose
Other forms: exposed; exposing; exposes
To expose means to uncover or allow to be in the open air. If you take off your coat and expose your bare arms to the terrible cold, your tattoos might freeze off. (Note: We don’t actually know if this is physically possible.)
When you pronounce expose as it’s spelled, it can mean to leave out in the air, to put in peril (when you expose someone to danger), or to uncover. All of those examples are actions. However, when you pronounce it as though there is a French accent on the final "e," ex-poh-ZAY, it means the unmasking or exposure of something hidden (and usually bad or fraudulent), as when you watch an expose on 60 Minutes about the evils of frozen orange juice or some other toxic substance.
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show; make visible or apparenttypes:opendisplay the contents of a file or start an application as on a computerhold uphold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admirationbenchexhibit on a benchmoonexpose one's buttocks tobrandishexhibit aggressivelymodeldisplay (clothes) as a mannequinturn onproduce suddenly or automaticallyflexexhibit the strength ofsplurgebe showy or ostentatiousrampbe rampanttype of:showmake visible or noticeable
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remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
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disclose to view as by removing a cover
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expose or make accessible to some action or influence“Expose your students to art”“expose the blanket to sunshine”types:ventilateexpose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilageoverexposeexpose excessivelyunderexposeexpose insufficientlytype of:subjectcause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
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put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
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abandon by leaving out in the open air
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make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secrettypes:blackwashbring (information) out of concealmentmuckrakeexplore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figuresblowcause to be revealed and jeopardizedoutreveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestylespringproduce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedlyconfidereveal in private; tell confidentiallyleaktell anonymouslybabble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattledivulge confidential information or secretsrevealdisclose directly or through prophetstype of:telllet something be known
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expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
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the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
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expose to light, of photographic filmtype of:subjectcause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
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