expose
 ex·pose (ĭk-spōzʹ)tr.v. ex·posed, ex·pos·ing, ex·pos·es
1.
a. To subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition:
exposed themselves to disease; exposed their children to classical music.
b. To subject (a photographic film, for example) to the action of light.
c. To deprive of shelter or protection; lay open to danger or harm:
troops that were exposed to gunfire.
2. To make visible:
Cleaning exposed the grain of the wood.
See Synonyms at show.
3.
a. To make known (something discreditable).
b. To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of:
expose a criminal.
4. To engage in indecent exposure of (oneself). [Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer, alteration (influenced by poser, to put, place), of Latin expōnere, to set forth; see expound.] ex·posʹer n.
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