verb
Meaning 1
To remove a cover from.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The model railway was uncovered.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
uncover
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ʌnˈkʌvɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ʌnˈkʌvə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -ʌvə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N K AH1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To reveal the identity of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The murderer has finally been uncovered.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, reflexive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To expose the genitalia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, reflexive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- uncover your belly
- The man exposed himself in the subway
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expose
Antonyms: cover
Narrower terms: unwrap, undo, undrape, unclothe, bare, unmask, unveil
verb
Meaning 8
make visible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Summer brings out bright clothes
- He brings out the best in her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bring out, unveil, reveal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: show
Narrower terms: disclose, expose, excavate, unearth, trot out, unfold
History
Etymology
From Middle English uncoveren, equivalent to un- + cover.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: откривам (otkrivam) — to remove a cover from
- Bulgarian: разкривам (razkrivam) — to remove a cover from
- Czech: odkrýt — to remove a cover from
- Esperanto: malkovri — to remove a cover from
- French: découvrir — to remove a cover from
- German: aufdecken — to remove a cover from
- German: enthüllen — to remove a cover from
- Ancient Greek: ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō) — to remove a cover from
- Ancient Greek: ἐκκαλύπτω (ekkalúptō) — to remove a cover from
- Ancient Greek: ἀνακαλύπτω (anakalúptō) — to remove a cover from
- Hungarian: fedőt/fedelet/tetőt/ponyvát levesz — to remove a cover from
- Hungarian: kinyit — to remove a cover from
- Hungarian: kibont — to remove a cover from
- Hungarian: kitakar — to remove a cover from
- Ido: deskovrar — to remove a cover from
- Italian: scoprire — to remove a cover from
- Italian: scoperchiare — to remove a cover from
- Latin: patefaciō — to remove a cover from
- Latin: adaperiō — to remove a cover from
- Latin: denudo — to remove a cover from
- Māori: hura — to remove a cover from
- Māori: huke — to remove a cover from
- Māori: kohura — to remove a cover from
- Māori: hurahura — to remove a cover from
- Polish: odkryć — to remove a cover from
- Polish: odkrywać — to remove a cover from
- Romanian: descoperi — to remove a cover from
- Romanian: dezveli — to remove a cover from
- Russian: снимать (snimatʹ) — to remove a cover from
- Spanish: destapar — to remove a cover from
- Spanish: descobijar — to remove a cover from
- Hungarian: leleplez — to reveal the identity of
- Hungarian: lerántja a leplet — to reveal the identity of
- Hungarian: fényt derít — to reveal the identity of
- Spanish: destapar — to reveal the identity of
- Ottoman Turkish: كشف ایتمك (keşf etmek) — to reveal the identity of
- Czech: odhalit — to show openly; to disclose; to reveal
- Danish: afdække — to show openly; to disclose; to reveal
- Hungarian: feltár — to show openly; to disclose; to reveal
- Hungarian: felfed — to show openly; to disclose; to reveal
- Italian: rivelare — to show openly; to disclose; to reveal
- Italian: svelare — to show openly; to disclose; to reveal
- Spanish: develar — to show openly; to disclose; to reveal
- Spanish: desvelar — to show openly; to disclose; to reveal
- Spanish: destapar — to show openly; to disclose; to reveal
- Ottoman Turkish: كشف ایتمك (keşf etmek) — to show openly; to disclose; to reveal