un·cov·er

(ŭn-kŭv′ər)

v. un·cov·ered, un·cov·er·ing, un·cov·ers

v.tr.

1. To remove the cover from: uncovered the saucepan.

2. To manifest or disclose; reveal: uncovered new evidence.

3. To remove the hat from, as in respect or reverence.

v.intr.

1. To remove a cover.

2. To bare the head in respect or reverence.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	uncovering - the removal of covering baring, denudation, husking, stripping remotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" disforestation, deforestation - the removal of trees cornhusking - the act of removing the husks from ears of corn
	2.	uncovering - the act of discovering something discovery, find human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen tracing - the discovery and description of the course of development of something; "the tracing of genealogies" espial, spotting, catching, detection, spying - the act of detecting something; catching sight of something self-discovery - discovering your own individuality breakthrough - making an important discovery determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation; "the determination of molecular structures" rediscovery - the act of discovering again

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"I don't understand that way of looking at things," said Sancho; "I only know that your ladyship will do well to bear in mind that as we were flying by enchantment so I might have seen the whole earth and all the men by enchantment whatever way I looked; and if you won't believe this, no more will you believe that, uncovering myself nearly to the eyebrows, I saw myself so close to the sky that there was not a palm and a half between me and it; and by everything that I can swear by, senora, it is mighty great!

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I can still see his wonderful smile, the whites of his beautiful eyes, and the uncovering of his little teeth shine to me in the dusk.

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Only his hands, with which he kept his coat-skirts down round Nikita's sides, and his legs which the wind kept uncovering, began to freeze, especially his right hand which had no glove.

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"You believe there were two men?" he asked, without uncovering his eyes.

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Their capped heads were seen uncovering one after the other, in the gloom, at the lugubrious question addressed to them by the president in a low voice.

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He said uncovering the terrorist group's lies, fake and stonewalling nature is vital to deal strictly with it.

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