the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
expose or make accessible to some action or influence; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"
expose to light, of photographic film
to show, make visible or apparent; "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"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"
spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"
to a more central or a more northerly place; "was transferred up to headquarters"; "up to Canada for a vacation"
nearer to the speaker; "he walked up and grabbed my lapels"