Uncovering
[ʌn'kʌvɚ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Uncover
Inputed by Heinrich
Examples
- 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.
Typed by Geraldine