Uncover

/ʌnˈkʌvɚ/ · verb

Meaning

To remove a cover from..

Definitions by Sense

1. To remove a cover from.
2. To reveal the identity of.
3. To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
4. (reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
5. (reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia.
6. (military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.

Example Sentences

The model railway was uncovered.

The murderer has finally been uncovered.

To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.

But Levinson said in an interview that the stalemate uncovers a flaw in the US system.

New insights into bee movements and life cycles have been uncovered after researchers tracked the insects using tiny QR codes glued onto their backs.

Alfred, surprised to meet his father, whom he thought absent from home, […] stood, holding his firelock in one hand, and his hat in the other, having uncovered himself as soon as he perceived his father.

The English soldiers were directed in general orders to salute and uncover before the Host as it passed, and here in the wilderness the old religion held firm sway.

The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye; and the female organs were potent over elemental disturbances, thus a woman uncovering herself could quell a storm.

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Word Forms

• uncovers
• uncovering
• uncovered

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