Uncover
[ʌn'kʌvə] or [ʌn'kʌvɚ]
Definition
(verb.) remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; 'uncover your belly'; 'The man exposed himself in the subway'.
(verb.) make visible; 'Summer brings out bright clothes'; 'He brings out the best in her'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.
(v. t.) To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
(v. t.) To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to uncover one's head; to uncover one's self.
(v. i.) To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head in token of respect.
(v. i.) To remove the covers from dishes, or the like.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Strip, lay bare, lay open, divest of covering.[2]. Disclose, reveal, discover.
v. n. Take off the hat (in token of respect), bare the head.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Reveal, strip, expose, lay_bare, divest, unveil, reveal,[See THOUGHTFUL]
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Definition
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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Examples
- Not e'en Rachael,' said Stephen, when he stood again with his face uncovered, 'could mak sitch a kind offerin, by onny words, kinder. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- If one wishes the pits may be left uncovered, in which case something like a foot of the ensilage will decay and form a covering and protection for that beneath. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I uncovered it, and a gentle breeze quickly fanned it into a flame. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The withdrawal of Hancock from the right uncovered one road from Spottsylvania to Fredericksburg over which trains drew our supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lestrade had produced two candles, and the policemen had uncovered their lanterns. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She had wound a long veil about her hat, but it left her face uncovered, and Archer was struck by the tranquil gaiety of her expression. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The breeze scattered the grey locks on his temples, the rain drenched his uncovered head, he sat hiding his face in his withered hands. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He lifted the hangings from the wall, uncovering the second door: this, too, he opened. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Though Eustacia could not eat without uncovering her face she could drink easily enough beneath her disguise. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mrs. Hudson has risen to the occasion, said Holmes, uncovering a dish of curried chicken. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Better keep on the surface, in the prudent old New York way, than risk uncovering a wound he could not heal. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Editor: Seth