uncover

present (v1)

uncover

past (v2)

uncovered

past participle (v3)

uncovered

present participle

uncovering

3rd person singular

uncovers

1. 1.To remove a cover from.

   • The model railway was uncovered.

2. 2.To reveal the identity of.

   • The murderer has finally been uncovered.

3. 3.To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.

   • To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.
   • But Levinson said in an interview that the stalemate uncovers a flaw in the US system.
   • New insights into bee movements and life cycles have been uncovered after researchers tracked the insects using tiny QR codes glued onto their backs.

4. 4.To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.

   • The English soldiers were directed in general orders to salute and uncover before the Host as it passed, and here in the wilderness the old religion held firm sway.
   • Alfred, surprised to meet his father, whom he thought absent from home, […] stood, holding his firelock in one hand, and his hat in the other, having uncovered himself as soon as he perceived his father.

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Synonyms

• expose

Word family

• cover