Search Result:expose
KK Pronunciation
〔 Ik`spoz 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ikˋspouz 〕
Overview of noun expose
The noun expose has 1 sense
- expose, unmasking -- (the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government")
Overview of verb expose
The verb expose has 9 senses
- expose -- (expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine")
- unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out -- (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")
- expose, exhibit, display -- (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")
- uncover, expose -- (remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway")
- disclose, expose -- (disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set")
- queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril -- (put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position)
- expose -- (expose to light, of photographic film)
- debunk, expose -- (expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims")
- expose -- (abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned")