uncover Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make visible
    bring out; reveal; unveil.
    • Summer brings out bright clothes
    • He brings out the best in her
  2. verb remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
    expose.
    • uncover your belly
    • The man exposed himself in the subway

WordNet

Un*cov"er transitive verb
Etymology
1st pref. un- + cover.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Uncovered ; present participle & verbal noun Uncovering
Definitions
  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.
Un*cov"er intransitive verb
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913