expose

Definitions of expose in various dictionaries:

noun - the exposure of an impostor or a fraud

verb - expose or make accessible to some action or influence

verb - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

verb - to show, make visible or apparent

verb - remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body

verb - disclose to view as by removing a cover

verb - put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

verb - expose to light, of photographic film

verb - expose while ridiculing

verb - abandon by leaving out in the open air

To subject or allow to be subjected to an action or an influence: exposed themselves to disease; exposed their children to classical music.

To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.

To make known (something discreditable).

To deprive of shelter or protection.

To subject to needless risk: an officer who exposed the troops to enemy crossfire.

verb - to lay open to view