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# uncover

«uncover» in Mova's school dictionary: **to take a cover or lid off it so it can be seen** — 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

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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/#m1)

2) To uncover something is to find something that was hidden, buried or secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/#m2)

3) To uncover a crime, plot or truth is to find out about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/#x1)
- The archaeologists uncovered an old Roman coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/#x2)
- The wind uncovered the footprints in the sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/#x3)
- The detective uncovered the thief's secret plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/#x4)
- Reporters uncovered the truth about the company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/#x5)
- We uncovered a box of old photos in the attic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/#x6)
- Scientists uncovered the bones of a dinosaur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/#x7)
- Please keep the paint uncovered for only a minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/#x8)
- ‘Uncover me,’ and she lifted the lid, and the little grey snake slid rapidly to the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/13-rust-irons-slow-fire/6/)
- [«Bear» is the animal or means to carry; «bare» means uncovered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/11-homophones-and-near-homophones/28/)
- [And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.238/)
- [Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.579/)
- [None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.516/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «uncover» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncover/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.