uncover

[ uhn-kuhv-er ]

verb (used with object)

1. to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
2. to remove the cover or covering from.
3. to remove a hat from (the head).

verb (used without object)

1. to remove a cover or covering.
2. to take off one's hat or other head covering as a gesture of respect.

uncover

/ ʌnˈkʌvə /

verb

1. tr to remove the cover, cap, top, etc, from
2. tr to reveal or disclose

   to uncover a plot

3. to take off (one's head covering), esp as a mark of respect

Word History and Origins

Origin of uncover¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, uncover is from the Middle English word uncoveren. See un- ², cover

Example Sentences

Plus, the thalattosaur’s limbs were still at least partially attached to its body, while its tail was uncovered about 20 meters away.

From Science News

It is uncovering and eliminating previously unaddressed foils to a core entitlement.

From Quartz

As well as helping to devise error-correction protocols to cancel out the effects of noise, the researchers say their approach could also be used as a diagnostic tool to uncover the microscopic origins of noise.

From Singularity Hub 

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From Search Engine Watch

Testing large numbers of people also allows researchers to uncover rare side effects that might not show up in smaller studies, says Walter Orenstein, associate director of the Emory Vaccine Center in Atlanta.

From Science News

The big twist is that by requesting those documents, Hall did in fact uncover a nepotism problem plaguing UT admissions.

From The Daily Beast

“It is the responsibility of the new government to uncover all the answers to who was shooting our citizens,” he says.

From The Daily Beast

Uncover new details about the 2016 contender's time as First Lady.

From The Daily Beast

One reporter is onto Underwood—and he or she will “stop at nothing,” as they say, to uncover the truth.

From The Daily Beast

Amid the noise and clamor, we uncover the presents worth cherishing: life, family, friends, and faith.

From The Daily Beast

Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.

From Project Gutenberg

If the plants are rather thin on the bed, do not uncover until you go there to draw the plants.

From Project Gutenberg

Braceway had made the trip to gag Morley, to see that he didn't uncover something which, after all, Morley didn't know—and I did!

From Project Gutenberg

The Spirit, as she seemed to him, brought his lunch into the room where he was writing, and he beheld her uncover it.

From Project Gutenberg

The wounded uncover the wounds they have carefully concealed, that they might not be taken for reformers.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bring to light
• crack
• discover
• divulge
• expose
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