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Word family noun cover coverage covering adjective undercover covered ≠ uncovered verb cover ≠ uncover adverb undercover
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishuncoverun‧cov‧er /ʌnˈkʌvə $ -ər/ ●●○ verb [transitive] 1 FIND OUTto find out about something that has been kept secret → discover Customs officials uncovered a plot to smuggle weapons into the country.2 COVERto remove the cover from something→ See Verb table
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uncover• The research is to uncover and outline all the elements upon which multiple territorial entities could arise.• We walked into this uncovered base camp.• Modern men and women work assiduously at sites like Uxmal to uncover every clue.• Should he uncover it, he wondered?• More skeletons of probable plague victims were uncovered on the Rock House site in July 1987.• Thwarting Chan and the girls in their endeavor to uncover the gold are roving bands of unaffiliated bad guys.• But when he uncovered the picture, he gave a cry of pain.• A search of their luggage uncovered two pistols.
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