7 dictionary results for: expose
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ex·pose /ɪkˈspoʊz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ik-spohz] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –verb (used with object), -posed, -pos·ing.
1. to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
2. to lay open to something specified: to expose oneself to the influence of bad companions.
3. to uncover or bare to the air, cold, etc.: to expose one's head to the rain.
4. to present to view; exhibit; display: The storekeeper exposed his wares.
5. to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
6. to reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.): to expose a swindler.
7. to hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
8. to desert in an unsheltered or open place; abandon, as a child.
9. to subject, as to the action of something: to expose a photographic plate to light.
—Idiom10. expose oneself, to exhibit one's body, esp. one's genitals, publicly in an immodest or exhibitionistic manner.
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[Origin: 1425–75; late ME exposen < OF exposer, equiv. to ex- ex-1 + poser to put (see pose1), rendering L expōnere to put out, expose, set forth in words; see expound]
—Related forms
ex·pos·a·ble, adjective
ex·pos·a·bil·i·ty, noun
ex·pos·er, noun —Synonyms 1. subject, endanger, imperil, jeopardize. 5. uncover, unveil, betray.
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