All uncover synonyms
unΒ·covΒ·er
U u verb uncover
- hit on β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- disrobe β Take off one's clothes.
- circularize β to distribute circulars to
- gapped β a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
- fissured β Simple past tense and past participle of fissure.
- cough up β If you cough up an amount of money, you pay or spend that amount, usually when you would prefer not to.
- blurt out β If someone blurts something out, they blurt it.
- hunt down β to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- expose β Make (something) visible, typically by uncovering it.
- circumstantiate β to support by giving particulars
- dig β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- divest β to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.: The wind divested the trees of their leaves.
- give away β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- let out β (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- excorticate β (obsolete) To strip of bark or skin.
- denudate β denuded; bare
- mouthing β the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- dig up β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- gapping β a break or opening, as in a fence, wall, or military line; breach: We found a gap in the enemy's line of fortifications.
- dredge up β Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
- be on to β (Idiomatic) To figure out; to realize the truth.
- denude β To denude an area means to destroy the plants in it.
- display β to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
- divulge β to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).
- concaved β curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- mark down β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- disinter β to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- dimes β Plural form of dime.
- delaminate β to divide or cause to divide into thin layers
- arrive at β to reach by traveling
- come across β If you come across something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance.
- meet with β to come upon; come into the presence of; encounter: I would meet him on the street at unexpected moments.
- ballyhooed β a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
- come out of the closet β If someone comes out of the closet, they tell people that they are homosexual after having kept this a secret.
- disported β to divert or amuse (oneself).
- concaving β curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- determine β If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- grub β the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
- find β to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- ferret β a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
- get down to brass tacks β discuss essentials
- discover β to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- diming β Present participle of dime.
- bring forth β to give birth to
- ferret out β a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- let it all hang out β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hit upon β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hoe β Richard, 1812β86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of printing-press equipment.
- develop β When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.