Definition of exposes Exposes
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Part of speech
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NounPlural: exposes |
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| expose - the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government" | ||
| unmasking | ||
| exposure the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience; "she denounced the exposure of children to pornography" | ||
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| expose - 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" | ||
| exhibit, display | ||
| show give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening" | ||
| open make available; "This opens up new possibilities" | ||
| bring forth, produce create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" | ||
| hold up hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration | ||
| bench exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show" | ||
| moon expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience" | ||
| flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank, flash display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he showed off his new sports car" | ||
| brandish move or swing back and forth; "She waved her gun" | ||
| model form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" | ||
| posture, model, pose, sit form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay" | ||
| gibbet, pillory hang on an execution instrument | ||
| expose - expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine" | ||
| subject make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors" | ||
| ventilate furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape; "The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space" | ||
| insolate, sun, solarise, solarize expose one's body to the sun | ||
| air out, aerate, air expose to fresh air; "aerate your old sneakers" | ||
| overexpose expose excessively; "As a child, I was overexposed to French movies" | ||
| underexpose expose insufficiently; "The child was underexposed to language" | ||
| expose - expose to light, of photographic film | ||
| subject make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors" | ||
| picture taking, photography the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies | ||
| overexpose expose excessively; "As a child, I was overexposed to French movies" | ||
| underexpose expose insufficiently; "The child was underexposed to language" | ||
| expose - abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned" | ||
| forsake, desert, desolate, abandon leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period" | ||
| expose - 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"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" | ||
| unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, divulge, break, give away, let out | ||
| tell discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy" | ||
| blackwash color with blackwash | ||
| muckrake explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking" | ||
| blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" | ||
| out be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out" | ||
| come out of the closet, out, come out to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year" | ||
| spring develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak" | ||
| bewray, betray reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" | ||
| confide reveal in private; tell confidentially | ||
| leak have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly" | ||
| peach, babble out, spill the beans, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, tattle, blab, babble, sing, talk divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" | ||
| reveal disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" | ||
| expose - remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway" | ||
| uncover | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| unwrap, undo 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"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" | ||
| undrape strip something of drapery | ||
| unclothe take the covers off; "She unclothed her innermost feelings" | ||
| bare lay bare; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings" | ||
| unmask reveal the true nature of; "The journal article unmasked the corrupt politician" | ||
| unveil remove the veil from; "Women must not unveil themselves in public in Islamic societies" | ||
| expose - put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | ||
| queer, scupper, endanger, peril | ||
| bear upon, impact, bear on, touch on, affect, touch press or wedge together; pack together | ||
| compromise settle by concession | ||
| expose - expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" | ||
| debunk | ||
| jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, blackguard, guy, rib, roast subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" | ||
| uncloak, unmask remove a cloak from | ||
| expose - disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set" | ||
| disclose | ||
| uncover, reveal, unveil, bring out remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway" | ||
| face cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- expose (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. - expose (v. t.)
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; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat. - expose (v. t.)
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; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor. - expose (v. t.)
To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite. - expose (v. t.)
A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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expose
Publication of some disreputable facts. -
expose
To lay open to danger, attack, or harm.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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expose
eks-pōz′, v.t. to lay forth to view: to deprive of cover, protection, or shelter: to make bare: to abandon (an infant): to explain: to make liable to: to disclose: to show up.—ns. Exposé (eks-pō-zā′), an exposing: a shameful showing up: a formal recital or exposition; Expos′edness, the act of exposing: the state of being exposed; Expos′er; Exposi′tion, act of exposing: a setting out to public view: the abandonment of a child: a public exhibition: act of expounding, or laying open of the meaning of an author: explanation: commentary.—adj. Expos′itive, serving to expose or explain: explanatory: exegetical.—n. Expos′itor, one who, or that which, expounds: an interpreter:—fem. Expos′itress.—adj. Expos′itory, serving to explain: explanatory.—n. Expō′sure (Shak., Expos′ture), act of laying open or bare: act of showing up an evil: state of being laid bare: openness to danger: position with regard to the sun, influence of climate, &c. [Fr. exposer—L. exponĕre, to expose.]
