expose
     n : the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an
         expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
         [syn: {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" [syn: {disclose}, {let on}, {bring out}, {reveal},
         {discover}, {divulge}, {impart}, {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: {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}] [ant: {cover}]
     5: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose
        to disclose a stunning set" [syn: {disclose}]
     6: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
        [syn: {queer}, {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}]
     9: abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was
        exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many
        pets get abandoned"
Source: WordNet® 2.0