"uncover" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ʌnˈkʌvɚ/ [General-American], /ʌnˈkʌvə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-uncover.wav Forms: uncovers [present, singular, third-person], uncovering [participle, present], uncovered [participle, past], uncovered [past]
Rhymes: -ʌvə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English uncoveren, equivalent to un- + cover. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|uncoveren}} Middle English uncoveren, {{prefix|en|un|cover}} un- + cover Head templates: {{en-verb}} uncover (third-person singular simple present uncovers, present participle uncovering, simple past and past participle uncovered)
  1. To remove a cover from. Translations (to remove a cover from): ἀποκαλύπτω (apokalúptō) (Ancient Greek), ἐκκαλύπτω (ekkalúptō) (Ancient Greek), ἀνακαλύπτω (anakalúptō) (Ancient Greek), откривам (otkrivam) (Bulgarian), разкривам (razkrivam) (Bulgarian), odkrýt (Czech), malkovri (Esperanto), découvrir (French), aufdecken (German), enthüllen (German), fedőt/fedelet/tetőt/ponyvát levesz (Hungarian), kinyit (Hungarian), kibont (Hungarian), kitakar (Hungarian), deskovrar (Ido), scoprire (Italian), scoperchiare (Italian), patefaciō (Latin), adaperiō (Latin), denudo (Latin), hura (Maori), huke (Maori), kohura (Maori), hurahura (Maori), odkryć (Polish), odkrywać (Polish), descoperi (Romanian), dezveli (Romanian), снимать (snimatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), destapar (Spanish)
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  2. To reveal the identity of. Translations (to reveal the identity of): odhalit (Czech), afdække (Danish), leleplez (Hungarian), lerántja a leplet (Hungarian), fényt derít (Hungarian), feltár (Hungarian), felfed (Hungarian), rivelare (Italian), svelare (Italian), develar (Spanish)
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  3. To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. Synonyms (to show openly): expose
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  4. (reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect. Tags: intransitive, reflexive Synonyms (to remove one's hat or cap): doff
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  5. (reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia. Tags: intransitive, reflexive
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  6. (military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Military
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: uncloak, reveal, uncoif, unhat, undress

Inflected forms

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          "word": "felfed"
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          "disclose"
        ],
        [
          "reveal",
          "reveal"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English reflexive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1824, Town and Country Tales, page 115:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1891, N. H. Chamberlain, “In the Footprints of Burgoyne's Army”, in New England Magazine, volume 4, Boston, MA: New England Magazine Corporation:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hat",
          "hat"
        ],
        [
          "cap",
          "cap"
        ],
        [
          "respect",
          "respect"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English reflexive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 159:",
          "text": "The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye; and the female organs were potent over elemental disturbances, thus a woman uncovering herself could quell a storm.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To expose the genitalia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expose",
          "expose"
        ],
        [
          "genitalia",
          "genitalia"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈkʌvɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnˈkʌvə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌvə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to show openly",
      "word": "expose"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncloak"
    },
    {
      "word": "reveal"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to remove one's hat or cap",
      "word": "doff"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncoif"
    },
    {
      "word": "unhat"
    },
    {
      "word": "undress"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkrivam",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "откривам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razkrivam",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "разкривам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "odkrýt"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "malkovri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "découvrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "aufdecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "enthüllen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apokalúptō",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "ἀποκαλύπτω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ekkalúptō",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "ἐκκαλύπτω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anakalúptō",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "ἀνακαλύπτω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "fedőt/fedelet/tetőt/ponyvát levesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "kinyit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "kibont"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "kitakar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "deskovrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "scoprire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "scoperchiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "patefaciō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "adaperiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "denudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "hura"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "huke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "kohura"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "hurahura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "odkryć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "odkrywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "descoperi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "dezveli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snimatʹ",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "снимать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to remove a cover from",
      "word": "destapar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reveal the identity of",
      "word": "leleplez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reveal the identity of",
      "word": "lerántja a leplet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reveal the identity of",
      "word": "fényt derít"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to reveal the identity of",
      "word": "afdække"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to reveal the identity of",
      "word": "odhalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reveal the identity of",
      "word": "feltár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reveal the identity of",
      "word": "felfed"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reveal the identity of",
      "word": "rivelare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reveal the identity of",
      "word": "svelare"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reveal the identity of",
      "word": "develar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "uncover"
}

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