expose

Noun

• the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
  • "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"

Verb

Verb Forms: exposed, exposing, exposes

• To make something visible or known; to reveal.
• expose or make accessible to some action or influence
  • "Expose your students to art"
  • "expose the blanket to sunshine"
• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
• to show, make visible or apparent
• remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
  • "The man exposed himself in the subway"
• disclose to view as by removing a cover
• put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
• expose to light, of photographic film
• expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
• abandon by leaving out in the open air
  • "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"
• To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).
• To subject photographic film to light thereby recording an image.
• To abandon, especially an unwanted baby in the wilderness.
• To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.
• To make available to other parts of a program, or to other programs.

Examples

• A poorly placed consonant can expose a lucrative spot for an opponent’s bingo.

Synonyms

break, bring out, debunk, disclose, discover, display, divulge, endanger, exhibit, give away, let on, let out, peril, queer, reveal, scupper, uncover, unmasking, unwrap, bewray, doff, undress

Antonyms

cover