expose: Meaning and Definition of

ex•pose

1. to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.
2. to lay open to something specified: to expose oneself to the influence of bad companions.
3. to uncover or bare to the air, cold, etc.: to expose one's head to the rain.
4. to present to view; exhibit; display: The storekeeper exposed his wares.
5. to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).
6. to reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.): to expose a swindler.
7. to hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).
8. to desert in an unsheltered or open place; abandon, as a child.
9. to subject, as to the action of something: to expose a photographic plate to light.
10. to exhibit one's body, esp. one's genitals, publicly in an immodest or exhibitionistic manner.

ex•po•sé

1. a public exposure or revelation, as of something discreditable: Certain cheap magazines make a fortune out of sensational exposés.