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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her" [syn: uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal]
2: remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway" [syn: uncover, expose] [ant: cover]

Merriam Webster's

Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to make known ; bring to light ; disclose, reveal <uncover the truth> 2. to expose to view by removing some covering 3. a. to take the cover from b. to remove the hat from <uncovered his head> 4. to deprive of protection intransitive verb 1. to remove a cover or covering 2. to take off the hat as a token of respect

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. a remove a cover or covering from. b make known; disclose (uncovered the truth at last). 2 intr. archaic remove one's hat, cap, etc. 3 tr. (as uncovered adj.) a not covered by a roof, clothing, etc. b not wearing a hat.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Uncover Un*cov"er, v. 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 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Uncover 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(uncovers, uncovering, uncovered) 1. If you uncover something, especially something that has been kept secret, you discover or find out about it. Auditors said they had uncovered evidence of fraud... = discover VERB: V n 2. When people who are digging somewhere uncover something, they find a thing or a place that has been under the ground for a long time. Archaeologists have uncovered an 11,700-year-old hunting camp in Alaska. = unearth VERB: V n 3. To uncover something means to remove something that is covering it. When the seedlings sprout, uncover the tray. VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Strip, lay bare, lay open, divest of covering, denude. 2. Disclose, reveal, discover, unmask, expose. 3. Bare, take the cover off. 4. Open, unclose. II. v. n. Take off the hat (in token of respect), bare the head.

Moby Thesaurus

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