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UNCOVER
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover
(verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; “The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold”; “The actress won’t reveal how old she is”; “bring out the truth”; “he broke the news to her”; “unwrap the evidence in the murder case”; “The newspaper uncovered the President’s illegal dealings”
uncover, expose
(verb) remove all or part of one’s clothes to show one’s body; “uncover your belly”; “The man exposed himself in the subway”
disclose, expose, uncover
(verb) reveal to view as by removing a cover; “The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
uncover (third-person singular simple present uncovers, present participle uncovering, simple past and past participle uncovered)
To remove a cover from.
To reveal the identity of.
To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
(reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
(reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia.
(military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.
Synonyms
• (to show openly): expose, uncloak; see also reveal
• (to remove one's hat or cap): doff, uncoif, unhat; see also undress
Antonyms
• cover up
Source: Wiktionary
Un*cov"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uncovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Uncovering.] Etym: [1st pref. un- + cover.]
1. 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. To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. "To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation." Milton.
3. To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to uncover one's head; to uncover one's self.
Un*cov"er, v. i.
1. To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head in token of respect. We are forced to uncover after them. Addison.
2. To remove the covers from dishes, or the like. Uncover, dogs, and lap. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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