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Webster 1913 Edition
Uncover
Un-cov′er
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Uncovered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Uncovering
.] [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 body2.
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 selfUn-cov′er
,Verb.
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. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Uncover
UNCOVER
, v.t.1.
To divest of a cover; to remove any covering from; a word of general use.2.
To deprive of clothes; to strip; to make naked.3.
To unroof; as a building.4.
To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head.5.
To strip of a vail, or of any thing that conceals; to lay open; to disclose to view.Definition 2024
uncover
uncover
English
Verb
uncover (third-person singular simple present uncovers, present participle uncovering, simple past and past participle uncovered)
- to remove the cover of an object
- The model railway was uncovered.
- To reveal the identity of
- The murderer has finally been uncovered.
- To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
- Milton
- To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.
- Milton
- (archaic) To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of.
- 1824, Town and Country Tales (page 115)
- 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.
- 1824, Town and Country Tales (page 115)
Antonyms
Translations
to remove the cover of an object