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EXPOSE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The exposure of an impostor or a fraud

Example:

he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government

Synonyms:

expose; unmasking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("expose" is a kind of...):

exposure (the disclosure of something secret)

Derivation:

expose (expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas)

expose (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abandon by leaving out in the open air

Example:

After Christmas, many pets get abandoned

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "expose" is one way to...):

abandon; desert; desolate; forsake (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

exposure (abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas

Example:

The physicist debunked the psychic's claims

Synonyms:

debunk; expose

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "expose" is one way to...):

blackguard; guy; jest at; laugh at; make fun; poke fun; rib; ridicule; roast (subject to laughter or ridicule)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expose"):

uncloak; unmask (reveal the true nature of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

expose (the exposure of an impostor or a fraud)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Example:

The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings

Synonyms:

break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; let on; let out; reveal; uncover; unwrap

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "expose" is one way to...):

tell (let something be known)

Cause:

break; get around; get out (be released or become known; of news)

Verb group:

break; get around; get out (be released or become known; of news)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expose"):

blackwash (bring (information) out of concealment)

muckrake (explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures)

blow (cause to be revealed and jeopardized)

out (reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle)

come out; come out of the closet; out (to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality)

spring (produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly)

betray; bewray (reveal unintentionally)

confide (reveal in private; tell confidentially)

leak (tell anonymously)

babble; babble out; blab; blab out; let the cat out of the bag; peach; sing; spill the beans; talk; tattle (divulge confidential information or secrets)

reveal (disclose directly or through prophets)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

expose (the exposure of an impostor or a fraud)

exposure (the disclosure of something secret)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

Synonyms:

endanger; expose; peril; queer; scupper

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "expose" is one way to...):

affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expose"):

compromise (expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

exposure (the state of being vulnerable or exposed)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body

Example:

The man exposed himself in the subway

Synonyms:

expose; uncover

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expose"):

unveil (remove the veil from)

unmask (take the mask off)

bare (lay bare)

unclothe (take the covers off)

undrape (strip something of drapery)

undo; unwrap (remove the outer cover or wrapping of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Expose or make accessible to some action or influence

Example:

expose the blanket to sunshine

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "expose" is one way to...):

subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expose"):

ventilate (expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage)

insolate; solarise; solarize; sun (expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun)

aerate; air; air out (expose to fresh air)

overexpose (expose excessively)

underexpose (expose insufficiently)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

exposure (the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience)

exposure (vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Expose to light, of photographic film

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "expose" is one way to...):

subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)

Domain category:

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expose"):

overexpose (expose to too much light)

underexpose (expose to too little light)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

exposure (the act of exposing film to light)

exposure (the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Reveal to view as by removing a cover

Example:

The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set

Synonyms:

disclose; expose; uncover

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "expose" is one way to...):

bring out; reveal; unveil (make visible)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expose"):

face (turn so as to expose the face)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

exposure (presentation to view in an open or public manner)

Sense 9

Meaning:

To show, make visible or apparent

Example:

National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship

Synonyms:

display; exhibit; expose

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "expose" is one way to...):

show (make visible or noticeable)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "expose"):

open (display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer)

bring forth; produce (bring out for display)

hold up (hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration)

bench (exhibit on a bench)

moon (expose one's buttocks to)

flash; flaunt; ostentate; show off; swank (display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously)

brandish (exhibit aggressively)

model (display (clothes) as a mannequin)

model; pose; posture; sit (assume a posture as for artistic purposes)

gibbet; pillory (expose to ridicule or public scorn)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

exposure (presentation to view in an open or public manner)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Serious illness caused by being exposed to high doses of certain types of radiation, usually over a short period of time.

(Acute radiation sickness, NCI Dictionary)

MILs are harvested from autologous bone marrow from multiple myeloma patients and, in vitro, are exposed to and activated by anti-CD3/anti-CD28 monoclonal antibodies covalently attached to super-paramagnetic microbeads.

(Activated Marrow Infiltrating Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

The three goals of the AREA program are: to support meritorious research, to strengthen the research environment of the institution, and to expose students to research.

(Academic Research Enhancement Awards (Area), NCI Thesaurus)

Being exposed to high levels of acetone may irritate the skin, eyes, nose, throat, and lungs.

(Acetone, NCI Dictionary)

The warmer temperatures encourage melting and sublimation at all ice surfaces exposed to the air.

(Retreat of Yakutat Glacier, NASA)

The liquid electrolyte covers the metal electrode and is also exposed to the air electrode.

(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)

Very likely he had spoken to him privately, and had threatened to expose him unless he voluntarily resigned his membership of the club, and promised not to play cards again.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I pray that we may never be exposed to such a temptation.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Maud Brewster had stepped inside the companion-way so that only her head was exposed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

They had been used several times, for on the table were several similar rents in the blanket of dust, similar to that exposed when the Professor lifted them.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)