<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.: to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one's character to attack.</li><li>to lay open to something specified: to expose oneself to the influence of bad companions.</li><li>to uncover or bare to the air, cold, etc.: to expose one's head to the rain.</li><li>to present to view; exhibit; display: The storekeeper exposed his wares.</li><li>to make known, disclose, or reveal (intentions, secrets, etc.).</li><li>to reveal or unmask (a crime, fraud, impostor, etc.): to expose a swindler.</li><li>to hold up to public reprehension or ridicule (fault, folly, a foolish act or person, etc.).</li><li>to desert in an unsheltered or open place; abandon, as a child.</li><li>to subject, as to the action of something: to expose a photographic plate to light.</li></ul>