To set forth; to set out to public view; to
exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to
expose pictures to public inspection.
To lay bare; to lay open to attack,
danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything
which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to
expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult,
danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or
defeat.
To deprive of concealment; to discover; to
lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing
that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as,
to expose the faults of a neighbor.
To disclose the faults or reprehensible
practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by
making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat,
liar, or hypocrite.