UNCOVER


Meaning of UNCOVER in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

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

Auditors said they had ~ed evidence of fraud...

= discover

VERB: V n

2.

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

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

= unearth

VERB: V n

3.

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

When the seedlings sprout, ~ the tray.

VERB: V n

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