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uncover definition

un·cover (-kuv′ər)

transitive verb

  1. to make known; disclose; reveal
  2. to lay bare or open by removing a covering
  3. to remove the cover or protection from
  4. to remove the hat, cap, etc. from (the head), as a conventional gesture of respect

intransitive verb

  1. to bare the head, as in respect
  2. to remove a cover or coverings

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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