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- pronunciation:
- uhn
kuh
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 r
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
uncovers, uncovering, uncovered |
| definition 1: |
When you uncover a thing, you take away something that is over the top of it.
My mom takes good care of the trees and plants that she grows. She covers her small fruit trees in the winter and uncovers them in the spring.- antonyms:
- cover
- similar words:
- bare, open, strip
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| definition 2: |
If someone uncovers something, they show to the world something that was hidden before. If someone uncovers something like a secret, they let everyone know about it. Then the secret is not a secret anymore.
My grandfather wrote for a newspaper. My mom says he always tried to find out about things and uncover the truth.- synonyms:
- expose, reveal
- similar words:
- bare, break, detect, discover, display, find, publish
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| related words: |
catch, demonstrate, illuminate, produce, show |
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