uncovered

«uncovered» in Mova's school dictionary: not covered, open or bare: an uncovered pot — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective, verb form (uncover, uncovered)

meaning for a pupil

1) Uncovered means not covered, open or bare: an uncovered pot. tree →

2) Uncovered is the past form of uncover: took the cover off. tree →

3) Uncovered also means found or discovered something hidden: they uncovered a secret. tree →

sense in the lessons

Maths: the part of an area or set that is not covered: uncovered = whole − covered (area of the floor minus area of the rug). Science and history: archaeologists uncovered old bones. Stories: the detective uncovered the truth. Safety: uncovered food attracts flies.

examples

• What part of the floor is uncovered? tree →
• The rug covers 6 square meters of a 10 square meter floor, so 4 square meters are uncovered. tree →
• 4 boxes are uncovered. tree →
• She uncovered 3 cards. tree →
• The scientists uncovered a dinosaur skeleton. tree →
• Don't leave food uncovered in summer. tree →
• The detective uncovered the thief's plan. tree →
• At these words, Ali Cogia presented the vase to the Caliph, and uncovered it. tree →

note

Past of uncover; also an adjective. Asks for the remainder: uncovered = whole − covered. Trap: «uncovered» can mean «found out», with no number.

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.
• Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he hath uncovered his father's skirt.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «uncovered» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.