expose

1. The exposure of an impostor or a fraud (synset 107230228)
   "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
   is a type of: exposure - the disclosure of something secret
   same as: unmasking

1. Expose or make accessible to some action or influence (synset 202116512)
   "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"
   is a type of: subject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
   subtypes:

   • ventilate - expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage
   • insolate, solarise, solarize, sun - expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun
   • aerate, air, air out - expose to fresh air
   • overexpose - expose excessively
   • underexpose - expose insufficiently
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 (synset 200935783)
   "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"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"
   causes: break, get around, get out - be released or become known; of news
   is a type of: tell - let something be known
   subtypes:

   • blackwash - bring (information) out of concealment
   • muckrake - explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures
   • blow - cause to be revealed and jeopardized
   • out - reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
   • come out, come out of the closet, out - to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
   • spring - produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
   • betray, bewray - reveal unintentionally
   • confide - reveal in private; tell confidentially
   • leak - tell anonymously
   • babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle - divulge confidential information or secrets
   • reveal - disclose directly or through prophets
   same as: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap
   verb group: break, get around, get out - be released or become known; of news
3. To show, make visible or apparent (synset 202144506)
   "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"
   is a type of: show - make visible or noticeable
   subtypes:

   • open - display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
   • bring forth, produce - bring out for display
   • hold up - hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
   • bench - exhibit on a bench
   • moon - expose one's buttocks to
   • flash, flaunt, ostentate, show off, swank - display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
   • brandish - exhibit aggressively
   • model - display (clothes) as a mannequin
   • model, pose, posture, sit - assume a posture as for artistic purposes
   • gibbet, pillory - expose to ridicule or public scorn
   same as: display, exhibit
4. Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body (synset 201342187)
   "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"
   subtypes:

   • undo, unwrap - remove the outer cover or wrapping of
   • undrape - strip something of drapery
   • unclothe - take the covers off
   • bare - lay bare
   • unmask - take the mask off
   • unveil - remove the veil from
   same as: uncover
5. Reveal to view as by removing a cover (synset 202142175)
   "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
   is a type of: bring out, reveal, unveil - make visible
   subtypes: face - turn so as to expose the face
   same as: disclose, uncover
6. Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position (synset 201038191)
   is a type of: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on - have an effect upon
   subtypes: compromise - expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
   same as: endanger, peril, queer, scupper
7. Expose to light, of photographic film (synset 202117913)
   referred to in: photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs
   is a type of: subject - cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
   subtypes:

   • overexpose - expose to too much light
   • underexpose - expose to too little light
8. Expose while ridiculing;
   Especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas (synset 200854877)
   "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
   is a type of: blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast - subject to laughter or ridicule
   subtypes: uncloak, unmask - reveal the true nature of
   same as: debunk
9. Abandon by leaving out in the open air (synset 200616135)
   "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
   is a type of: abandon, desert, desolate, forsake - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

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