uncover
English
Etymology
From Middle English uncoveren, equivalent to un- + cover.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌvə(r)
Verb
uncover (third-person singular simple present uncovers, present participle uncovering, simple past and past participle uncovered)
- To remove a cover from.
- The model railway was uncovered.
- To reveal the identity of.
- The murderer has finally been uncovered.
- To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- (reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
- 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.
- 1891, N. H. Chamberlain, “In the Footprints of Burgoyne's Army”, in New England Magazine, volume 4, Boston, MA: New England Magazine Corporation:
- 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.
- 1824, Town and Country Tales (page 115)
- (military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.
Antonyms
- cover up
Translations
to remove the cover of an object
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