UNCOVER


Meaning of UNCOVER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnkʌvə(r) ]

( uncovers, uncovering, uncovered)

1.

If you uncover something, especially something that has been kept secret, you discover or find out about it.

Auditors said they had uncovered evidence of fraud...

= discover

VERB : V n

2.

When people who are digging somewhere uncover something, they find a thing or a place that has been under the ground for a long time.

Archaeologists have uncovered an 11,700-year-old hunting camp in Alaska.

= unearth

VERB : V n

3.

To uncover something means to remove something that is covering it.

When the seedlings sprout, uncover the tray.

VERB : V n

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