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verb

Uncover v. t. (past & past part. uncovered; pres. part. uncovering)

To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.

To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. "To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation."

To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to uncover one's head; to uncover one's self.

Uncover v. i.

To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head in token of respect. "We are forced to uncover after them."

To remove the covers from dishes, or the like. "Uncover, dogs, and lap."

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Etymology of 'Uncovered'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Uncovered" Quotes from Famous Books

... horrid scent of this food, they threatened her that they would cut her throat immediately if she did not show them what food she had gotten ready. She replied that she had saved a very fine portion of it for them, and withal uncovered what was left of her son. Hereupon they were seized with a horror and amazement of mind, and stood astonished at the sight, when she said to them, "This is mine own son, and what hath been done was mine own doing! Come, eat of this food; for I have eaten of it myself! Do not you ...

— The Wars of the Jews or History of the Destruction of Jerusalem • Flavius Josephus

... was, however, exactly what Pan wanted. Dick stared insolently and fixedly at Pan. He appeared as much puzzled as annoyed. Manifestly he was trying to place Pan, and did not succeed. Pan had hardly expected to be recognized, though he stood there a moment, head uncovered, under the light, giving his old enemy eye for eye. In fact his steady gaze disconcerted Dick, who turned his glance on the amused girl. Then his face darkened and he spat out his cigar to utter harshly: "Go on, you cat! And don't purr round ...

— Valley of Wild Horses • Zane Grey

... alighted, made Eggert show him the grave, removed his hat, and prayed, while all his suite in the six coaches uncovered their heads likewise. Lastly, he made the sign of the cross, and bent over the grave to pluck a flower. But just then a warm heavy wind blew across the graves, and all the flowers drooped, faded, and turned yellow as it ...

— Sidonia The Sorceress V2 • William Mienhold

... hadn't given proof of devotion and ability, I'd have turned her down. But she has. Only the other day she uncovered a plot in Delhi—about a million dynamite bombs in a ruined temple in charge of a German agent for use by mutineers supposed to be ready to rise against us. Fact! Can you guess who ...

— King--of the Khyber Rifles • Talbot Mundy

... the fateful hour the old woman was carried to her grave; and as they lowered her, Joseph, with uncovered head, let fall the clods from his own hand, repeating, in a hoarse yet tremulous ...

— Lancashire Idylls (1898) • Marshall Mather

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