UNCOVER


Meaning of UNCOVER in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

expose/uncover corruption (= show that it exists )

The newspaper prided itself on exposing corruption in government.

find out/discover/uncover the truth

She was determined to find out the truth.

uncover/discover a plot

They didn’t suspect that their plot had been uncovered.

uncover/expose a scandal

The scandal was uncovered by a journalist.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

recently

Police recently uncovered a ring that was selling crack through two girls living in the tiny town of Downs, population 620.

The towering buildings on either side are as solemn and silent as any of those monumental guardians recently uncovered along the Nile.

■ NOUN

evidence

After investigating Rizvi's affairs, police claimed they had uncovered evidence that underworld money had financed his mercurial film career.

If the hearings uncover some incontrovertible evidence of corruption he could look like a defender of the indefensible.

We should remember this later when we uncover fairly grisly evidence for possible human sacrifice in the burial of mummies from Zaghunluq.

And other research groups have uncovered evidence of dyslexia-inducing mutations in genes on chromosomes two and 15.

Detectives have uncovered evidence that the rapist comes from a small but precise location within the city.

fact

Such a check should uncover facts such as a past prison sentence or a person's credit status.

minutes

Bring to the boil, stir once, and boil uncovered for 12 minutes .

Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered , for 25 minutes .

Allow to rise uncovered for 30 minutes .

Simmer, uncovered , another 30 minutes .

Bake, uncovered , for 60 minutes .

Set aside, uncovered , for 15 minutes .

Place in the center of the oven and roast, uncovered , for 20 minutes .

plot

They suggested Colonel Wong may have been detained because, as head of military intelligence, he failed to uncover the plot .

Whether Richard had really uncovered a Woodville plot against himself is doubtful.

police

Pitch invasion foiled ... police uncover soccer hooligans' plan.

Read in studio Police have uncovered a murder victim's hidden life after a national television appeal for fresh information.

After investigating Rizvi's affairs, police claimed they had uncovered evidence that underworld money had financed his mercurial film career.

Under state law if police uncover clear signs of a domestic quarrel, including injuries, they have to bring charges.

research

The research is to uncover and outline all the elements upon which multiple territorial entities could arise.

Thorough market research would have uncovered this.

And other research groups have uncovered evidence of dyslexia-inducing mutations in genes on chromosomes two and 15.

And even in the more familiar mode of verbal language, research has uncovered some interesting and illuminating aspects.

ring

Police recently uncovered a ring that was selling crack through two girls living in the tiny town of Downs, population 620.

truth

He promised Markov's widow his support in uncovering the truth about the killing.

It was claimed that her stories were not so innocent because she was using them to uncover some uncomfortable political truths .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

A search of their luggage uncovered two pistols.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But when he uncovered the picture, he gave a cry of pain.

Modern men and women work assiduously at sites like Uxmal to uncover every clue.

More skeletons of probable plague victims were uncovered on the Rock House site in July 1987.

Should he uncover it, he wondered?

The research is to uncover and outline all the elements upon which multiple territorial entities could arise.

Thwarting Chan and the girls in their endeavor to uncover the gold are roving bands of unaffiliated bad guys.

We walked into this uncovered base camp.

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