uncloak

[ uhn-klohk ]

verb (used with object)

1. to remove the cloak from.
2. to reveal; expose:

   His motives were uncloaked at last.

verb (used without object)

1. to take off the cloak or the outer garments generally.

Word History and Origins

Origin of uncloak¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ² + cloak

Example Sentences

These bubbles are small enough to sneak their hidden cargo into living cells, where the proteins uncloak and exert their therapeutic effect.

From Science Daily

But taking it away turns out to mean something: The man has been uncloaked.

From Washington Post

“Adichie is uncloaked, full of ‘wretched, roaring rage,’ teaching us within the space of this work how to gather our disparate selves and navigate the still-raging pandemic,” Sarah M. Broom writes in her review.

From New York Times

Our guide, Adichie, is uncloaked, full of “wretched, roaring rage,” teaching us within the space of this work how to gather our disparate selves and navigate the still-raging pandemic.

From New York Times

But when all of that is uncloaked, when everybody is just still and can’t go anywhere, the thing they really are, I think, starts to come to the surface.

From New York Times

Related Words

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