uncover

Definitions of uncover
  1. verb
    make visible
    synonyms: bring out, reveal, unveil
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    disclose, expose
    disclose to view as by removing a cover
    excavate, unearth
    recover through digging
    trot out
    bring out and show for inspection and admiration
    unfold
    open to the view
    face
    turn so as to expose the face
    dig, dig out, dig up
    remove, harvest, or recover by digging
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    show
    make visible or noticeable
  2. verb
    remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
    “uncover your belly”
    synonyms: expose
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    Antonyms:
    cover
    provide with a covering or cause to be covered
    cover, spread over
    form a cover over
    cover, overlay
    put something on top of something else
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    undo, unwrap
    remove the outer cover or wrapping of
    undrape
    strip something of drapery
    unclothe
    take the covers off
    bare
    lay bare
    unmask
    take the mask off
    unveil
    remove the veil from
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