expose
ik spohz
- n the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government - v expose or make accessible to some action or influence
expose the blanket to sunshine - v make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- v to show, make visible or apparent
- v remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
The man exposed himself in the subway - v disclose to view as by removing a cover
- v put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- v expose to light, of photographic film
- v expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
- v abandon by leaving out in the open air
The infant was exposed by the teenage mother
- But for professionals exposed to them consistently, it can be a bigger problem.
- Indeed, researchers found a population of 25,000 Japanese post-atomic-bomb survivors who were exposed to roughly the same amount of radiation as two CT scans.
- Flies in the home of a polio victim may infect exposed food.