Uncloak
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Uncloak is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
Meaning
(transitive) To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To remove one's cloak.
- (intransitive, science fiction) To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.
Example Sentences
She attended all our guests, most rigorously insisted on uncloaking and unshawling them, whether they would or not; […]
Don't try to target the Klingons as they uncloak, you won't have time. Just use the phasers to make a nofly zone between us and the Takagi.
And will none have so much Charity, so much Zeal for publick Concern, as to uncloak this Impostour, and shew the dazled World what it is it thus bows to?
Nay, but my fireside's not the deck—I am mistress here; so let me uncloak thee." She seized his cloak, and, not without a slight resistance on his part, unclasped the collar, and threw it aside.
Word Forms
- uncloaks
- uncloaking
- uncloaked
Synonyms for uncloak
Depending on context, synonyms include expose, uncover, decloak, unmask.
Antonyms for uncloak
Common opposites include becloak, cloak, cover, hide.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unmask, discloak, unclothe, unshroud, decloak, unconceal.
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