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.

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. Jon Vaughn:

   I knew that there was nothing that I could do in my protest to change what happened to me. But we could uncover the truth here at Michigan, and also make this place safer for now, and in the future, so that these atrocities don't continue to happen, we want to change the narrative, as well as the culture. So until that's done, I won't be leaving.

2. Billy Ray Morris:

   These wrecks cover and uncover. Right now, we are in an uncover phase.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   We often encounter situations where it's not clear about a particular election. We work to uncover facts, we work to do discovery, to learn whether in fact the outcome -- the decision that was made -- reflected the will of the people, we want every one of those votes to be counted in the same way that we have every expectation that every vote here in The United States will be counted too. It is totally appropriate. The United States has an election system that is laid out deeply in our Constitution and we're going to make sure that we get that right.

4. Air Force:

   These e-mail exchanges were found to have constituted an unprofessional relationship. The investigation did not uncover any additional misconduct.

5. Mark Durkan:

   Up to now, we knew there was a substantial 17th century settlement in the fields around Dunluce, what we are now beginning to uncover are traces of earlier and extensive late medieval settlement activity, which are equally as important as the remains of the 17th century Dunluce Town. This provides an exciting new avenue of research to explore as part of our future investigations at Dunluce.

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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. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Uncover
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Uncover