uncover
part of speech
verb (uncover, uncovers, uncovered, uncovering)
meaning for a pupil
1) To uncover something is to take a cover or lid off it so it can be seen. tree →
2) To uncover something is to find something that was hidden, buried or secret. tree →
3) To uncover a crime, plot or truth is to find out about it. tree →
sense in the lessons
Used in cooking («uncover the pan»), archaeology and science («uncover fossils, ruins»), detective stories and news («uncover the truth, a plot, a secret»). It tells the reader that something hidden is now seen or known.
examples
- Uncover the dish and let it cool. tree →
- The archaeologists uncovered an old Roman coin. tree →
- The wind uncovered the footprints in the sand. tree →
- The detective uncovered the thief's secret plan. tree →
- Reporters uncovered the truth about the company. tree →
- We uncovered a box of old photos in the attic. tree →
- Scientists uncovered the bones of a dinosaur. tree →
- Please keep the paint uncovered for only a minute. tree →
- ‘Uncover me,’ and she lifted the lid, and the little grey snake slid rapidly to the ground. tree →
note
Regular verb. «Uncover» (find hidden things) is close to «discover», but discover can also mean finding something new that was never covered. Opposite: «cover», «hide».
In the corpora
- Rust is flaky and falls away, so fresh iron underneath is uncovered and rusts next.
- «Bear» is the animal or means to carry; «bare» means uncovered.
- And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
- Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.
- None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «uncover» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.