expose
the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
- he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government
• Syn:
unmasking
• Derivationally related forms:
unmask (for: unmasking)
• Hypernyms:
exposure
1. expose or make accessible to some action or influence (Freq. 14)
- Expose your students to art
- expose the blanket to sunshine
• Derivationally related forms:
exposure
• Hypernyms:
subject
• Hyponyms:
ventilate, sun, insolate, solarize, solarise,
air out, air, aerate, overexpose, underexpose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
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 (Freq. 7)
- 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
• Syn:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, divulge, break, give away, let out
• Derivationally related forms:
giveaway (for: give away), divulgement (for: divulge), divulgence (for: divulge), exposure, discovery (for: discover), revelation (for: reveal), revealing (for: reveal), disclosure (for: disclose)
• Hypernyms:
tell
• Hyponyms:
blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out of the closet,
come out, spring, betray, bewray, confide, leak,
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach,
babble, sing, babble out, blab out, reveal
• Verb Group:
break, get out, get around
• Cause:
break, get out, get around
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. to show, make visible or apparent (Freq. 4)
- 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
• Derivationally related forms:
display (for: display), exhibit (for: exhibit), exhibition (for: exhibit), exposure
• Hypernyms:
show
• Hyponyms:
open, produce, bring forth, hold up, bench,
moon, flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank,
swank, model, pose, sit, posture,
pillory, gibbet
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body (Freq. 3)
- uncover your belly
- The man exposed himself in the subway
• Syn:
uncover
• Ant:
cover (for: uncover)
• Hyponyms:
unwrap, undo, undrape, unclothe, bare,
unmask, unveil
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. disclose to view as by removing a cover (Freq. 2)
- The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set
• Syn:
disclose
• Derivationally related forms:
exposure
• Hypernyms:
uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal
• Hyponyms:
face
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
6. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
queer, scupper, endanger, peril
• Derivationally related forms:
peril (for: peril), exposure
• Hypernyms:
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
• Hyponyms:
compromise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
7. expose to light, of photographic film
• Derivationally related forms:
exposure
• Topics:
photography, picture taking
• Hypernyms:
subject
• Hyponyms:
overexpose, underexpose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. expose while ridiculing;
especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
- The physicist debunked the psychic's claims
• Syn:
debunk
• Derivationally related forms:
debunking (for: debunk)
• Hypernyms:
ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at,
jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
• Hyponyms:
unmask, uncloak
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
9. abandon by leaving out in the open air
- The infant was exposed by the teenage mother
- After Christmas, many pets get abandoned
• Derivationally related forms:
exposure
• Hypernyms:
abandon, forsake, desolate, desert
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
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