Definitions for uncover
ʌnˈkʌv ərun·cov·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. uncover, bring out, unveil, revealverb

   make visible

   "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"

2. uncover, exposeverb

   remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body

   "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. uncoververb

   to remove the cover of an object

   The model railway was uncovered.

2. uncoververb

   To reveal the identity of

   The murderer has finally been uncovered.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Uncoververb

   1. To divest of a covering.

   After you are up, uncover your bed, and open the curtains to air it. Gideon Harvey.

   Seeing an object several millions of leagues, the very instant it is uncovered, may be shewn to be a mistake in matter of fact. John Locke.

   2. To deprive of cloaths.

   Thou wert better in thy grave, than to answer, with thy uncovered body, this extremity of the skies. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   3. To strip of the roof.

   Porches and schools,
   Uncover’d, and with scaffolds cumber’d stood. Matthew Prior.

   4. To shew openly; to strip of a veil, or concealment.

   He cover’d; but his robe
   Uncover’d more: so rose the Danite strong,
   Shorn of his strength. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   There will certainly come some day or other, to uncover every soul of us. Alexander Pope, Letters.

   5. To bare the head, as in the presence of a superiour.

   Rather let my head dance on a bloody pole,
   Than stand uncover’d to the vulgar groom. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. uncover

   To uncover means to reveal, disclose, or expose something that was previously hidden or unknown. It can also refer to the act of removing a cover or a top from something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Uncoververb

   to take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body

2. Uncoververb

   to show openly; to disclose; to reveal

3. Uncoververb

   to divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to uncover one's head; to uncover one's self

4. Uncoververb

   to take off the hat or cap; to bare the head in token of respect

5. Uncoververb

   to remove the covers from dishes, or the like

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Uncover

   un-kuv′ėr, v.t. to remove the cover of: to lay open: to expose successively lines of formation of troops by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.—v.i. to take off the hat.—adj. Uncov′ered, having no covering, naked, esp. having no covering on the head.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of uncover in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of uncover in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of uncover in a Sentence

1. Mahmood Shivji:

   Theres still tons to be learned from these evolutionary marvels, including information that will potentially be useful to fight cancer and age-related diseases, and improve wound healing treatments in humans, as we uncover how these animals do it.

2. Jaroslaw Kaczynski:

   We will continue all of our efforts, from trying to uncover the truth about the Smolensk tragedy to defending democracy which is threatened by the current rule and to combating the de-christianisation (of Poland).

3. President Obama:

   In the coming days, we will uncover why this happened, in the face of hate and violence, we will love one another.

4. Kendrick Johnson:

   We have not had faith in Lowndes County. We knew what the outcome would be from the very beginning, you can't do an investigation with the same investigators who covered it up. They're not going to uncover something that they covered up.

5. Markus Hilgert:

   We're trying to develop methods to uncover, to discover, to clear up this dark field of crime, of organized crime, to understand the networks, to understand how people interact, to understand how much money is made, to understand how the objects come from Iraq and Syria to Germany.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=uncover
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Uncover
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=uncover
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncover
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=uncover