Dictionary entries for 'expose'

Synonyms

ex·pose (ĭk-spōź)

[Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place), of Latin expōnere, to set forth; see expound.]

transitive verb: -posed, -pos·ing, -pos·es.

1. To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition: exposed themselves to disease; exposed their children to classical music.
2. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
3. To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm: troops that were exposed to gunfire.
To make visible: Cleaning exposed the grain of the wood. See synonyms at show
1. To make known (something discreditable).
2. To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of: expose a criminal.
To engage in indecent exposure of (oneself).

ex·po·sé (ĕḱspō-zā́)

[French past participle of exposer, to expose, from Old French; see expose.]