[syn: debunk, expose]
9. abandon by leaving out in the open air;
- Example: "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"
- Example: "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Those who seek truth only, freely expose their
principles to the test, and are pleased to have them
examined. --Locke.
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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.
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Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. --Shak.
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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.
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You only expose the follies of men, without
arraigning their vices. --Dryden.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
expose
n 1: the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an
expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
[syn: expose, 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"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, 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: expose, 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, expose] [ant: cover]
5: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to
disclose a stunning set" [syn: disclose, expose]
6: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
[syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril]
7: expose to light, of photographic film
8: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false
claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's
claims" [syn: debunk, expose]
9: abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was
exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets
get abandoned"