Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Expose"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Expos'e \Ex`po`s['e]"\, n. [F., prop. p. p. of exposer. See
{Expose}, v. t.]
A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or
revelation, of something which some one wished to keep
concealed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Expose \Ex*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exposed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Exposing}.] [F. exposer; pref. ex- (L. ex out)+poser to
place. See {Pose}, v. t.]
1. 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.
Those who seek truth only, freely expose their
principles to the test, and are pleased to have them
examined. --Locke.
2. 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 thyself to feel what wretches feel. --Shak.
3. 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.
You only expose the follies of men, without
arraigning their vices. --Dryden.
4. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
expose
n : the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an
expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
[syn: {unmasking}]
v 1: expose or make accessible to some action or influence:
"Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to
sunshine"
2: 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" [syn: {disclose}, {let on}, {bring out}, {reveal},
{discover}, {declare}, {divulge}, {impart}, {break}, {give
away}, {let out}]
3: 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.." [syn: {exhibit}, {display}]
4: remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body;
"uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the
subway" [syn: {uncover}] [ant: {cover}]
5: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose
to disclose a stunning set" [syn: {disclose}]
6: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
[syn: {queer}, {scupper}, {endanger}, {peril}]
7: expose to light, of photographic film
8: expose while ridiculing; esp. of pretentious or false claims
and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
[syn: {debunk}]
9: abandon by leaving out in the open air, as of a child or an
animal; "The infact was exposed by the teenage mother"
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