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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

... chin and looked over the two heads, the uncovered one of Francis Sales and Henrietta's, with her hat a little askew, and, absurdly, Rose remembered that the child had washed her hair the night before: that was why the hat was crooked and the curl loose, ...

— THE MISSES MALLETT • E. H. YOUNG

... either side in this fierce engagement: but, heavy as was Wellington's loss, the firmness of the English army had already done much to foil Napoleon's effort at breaking through the line of the Allies. Bluecher's retreat however left the English flank uncovered; and on the following day, while the Prussians were falling back on Wavre, Wellington, with nearly seventy thousand men—for his army was now well in hand—withdrew in good order, followed by the mass of the French forces under the Emperor himself. ...

— History of the English People, Volume VIII (of 8) - Modern England, 1760-1815 • John Richard Green

... the Countess Martin could have in it the agreeable surprise of mistaking herself for a fairy. While her maid was dressing her hair, she heard Dechartre and Choulette talking under her windows. She rearranged all the work Pauline had done, and uncovered the line of her nape, which was fine and pure. She looked at herself in the glass, and ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

... out the suggestion, and Jerry came circumspectly, bent his head to her hand and writhed his back under it, the while he sniffed her feet, stocking-clad and shoe-covered, and knew them as the feet which had trod uncovered the ruined ways ...

— Jerry of the Islands • Jack London

... extent of the awful tragedies enacted during the sweeping away of homes nor the exact death tolls could be known for days until the mass of wreckage, houses and uprooted trees which were strewn on the level lowlands south of the city were uncovered. This mass of debris was under several feet of water, with swift currents running ...

— The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado • Logan Marshall

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