4. expose to make known; reveal: exposed her intentions.
5. expose to bring to light; unmask: to expose a swindler.
6. expose to desert in an unprotected place; abandon.
7. expose to subject, as to the action of something: to expose a photographic plate to light.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < OF exposer=ex-ex -1+poser to put (see pose1), see expound)
Definition of 'expose'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)expose, unmasking the exposure of an impostor or a fraud "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
2. (verb)expose expose or make accessible to some action or influence "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"
3. (verb)unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out 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"
4. (verb)expose, exhibit, display 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"
5. (verb)uncover, expose remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"
6. (verb)disclose, expose disclose to view as by removing a cover "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
7. (verb)queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
8. (verb)expose expose to light, of photographic film
9. (verb)debunk, expose exposewhile ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
10. (verb)expose abandon by leaving out in the open air "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
2. expose to uncover sth hidden; = reveal His shirt ripped, exposing a long scar on his back.
3. expose expose yourself to show your sexual organs in public in a way that offends others
4. expose to allow to be affected by sth harmful Exposing the plant to too much sun can harm it.; video games that expose children to violence
5. expose to give sb a positiveexperience programs that expose city kids to environmental issues
6. expose to allow light onto film, resulting in a photograph ***to expose the film
Definition of 'expose'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)expose 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 publicinspection
2. (verb)expose 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
3. (verb)expose 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
Sense: to uncover; to leave unprotected from (eg weather, danger, observation etc) Paintings should not be exposed to direct sunlight; Don't expose children to danger.