Object

• nakedness: You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near kinswoman.

• secret: You might also uncover a secret that's too good to share - yet.

• truth: They called in the Hidden House History team to uncover the truth about their home.

• conspiracy: Dumas gave the task of uncovering this conspiracy to his four musketeers, Porthos, Athos, Aramis and D'Artagnan.

• mystery: My husband was thrilled to have uncovered the Scottish mystery of his family tree at long last.

• plot: Ulrik slowly uncovers a cynical plot that involves the country's incumbent Prime Minister.

Subject

• archeologist: Forgotten for more than 1,600 years, the once-thriving trade center of Pompeii has been successfully uncovered by archeologists.

• tide: Dependant on level of the shoreline they colonize, they need also to be tolerant to desiccation when uncovered by the tide.

• excavation: The sequence was uncovered by excavation by Exeter Archeology in 1976-8.

Preposition: during

• excavation: Each layer, structure or deposit uncovered during an excavation is called a ' context ' and given a unique context number.

Used with why or when

• which: Documents have also been uncovered which reveal the Crown's outrage at being " misled " by the police.

• who: Conservatives blacks and can be an uncover who 's least the justice department.

• what: Analysis of the news that is accurate uncovers what the facts show, presenting all the facts of an issue.

• why: His name rang a small bell in my brain and after a little Googling I uncovered why.

Modifying Another Word

• gradually: Our intelligence services gradually uncovered this network's reach, and identified its key experts and agents and money men.

Preposition: in

• excavation: A large interior timber was uncovered in the excavation running longitudinally across six frames.

Preposition: for

• minute: Add the wine and cook, uncovered for 10 minutes.

Preposition: by

• archeologist: Forgotten for more than 1,600 years, the once-thriving trade center of Pompeii has been successfully uncovered by archeologists.

• tide: Dependant on level of the shoreline they colonize, they need also to be tolerant to desiccation when uncovered by the tide.

• excavation: The sequence was uncovered by excavation by Exeter Archeology in 1976-8.