[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uncovered.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / uncovered

[← U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/U/)

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

2) Uncovered is the past form of uncover: took the cover off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncovered/#m2)

3) Uncovered also means found or discovered something hidden: they uncovered a secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncovered/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncovered/#x1)
- The rug covers 6 square meters of a 10 square meter floor, so 4 square meters are uncovered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncovered/#x2)
- 4 boxes are uncovered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncovered/#x3)
- She uncovered 3 cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncovered/#x4)
- The scientists uncovered a dinosaur skeleton. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncovered/#x5)
- Don't leave food uncovered in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncovered/#x6)
- The detective uncovered the thief's plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncovered/#x7)
- At these words, Ali Cogia presented the vase to the Caliph, and uncovered it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uncovered/#x8)

### 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.](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/)
- [Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he hath uncovered his father's skirt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.724/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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