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ex•pose
Pronunciation: (ik-spōz'), [key]—
v.t., -posed, -pos•ing.
1. to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.:
to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
2. to lay open to something specified:
to expose oneself to the influence of bad companions.
3. to uncover or bare to the air, cold, etc.:
to expose one's head to the rain.
4. to present to view; exhibit; display:
The storekeeper exposed his wares.
5. to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
6. to reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.):
to expose a swindler.
7. to hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
8. to desert in an unsheltered or open place; abandon, as a child.
9. to subject, as to the action of something:
to expose a photographic plate to light.
10. expose oneself, to exhibit one's body, esp. one's genitals, publicly in an immodest or exhibitionistic manner.
ex•po•sé
Pronunciation: (ek"spō-zā'), [key]—
n.
a public exposure or revelation, as of something discreditable:
Certain cheap magazines make a fortune out of sensational exposés. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
