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uncovered
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Uncovered
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un·cov·ered
/
ʌnˈkʌv
ərd
/
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[
uhn-
kuhv
-erd
]
Show IPA
adjective
1.
having no cover or covering.
2.
having the head bare.
3.
not protected by collateral or other security, as a loan.
4.
not protected by insurance:
Workers want their uncovered spouses to join the health plan.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
uncovert.
See
un-
1
,
cover
,
-ed
2
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Dictionary.com Unabridged
un·cov·er
/
ʌnˈkʌv
ər
/
Show Spelled
[
uhn-
kuhv
-er
]
Show IPA
verb (used with object)
1.
to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
2.
to remove the cover or covering from.
3.
to remove a hat from (the head).
verb (used without object)
4.
to remove a cover or covering.
5.
to take off one's hat or other head covering as a gesture of respect.
Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English
uncoveren.
See
un-
2
,
cover
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
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World English Dictionary
uncover
(ʌnˈkʌvə)
—
vb
1.
(
tr
) to remove the cover, cap, top, etc, from
2.
(
tr
) to reveal or disclose:
to uncover a plot
3.
to take off (one's head covering), esp as a mark of respect
uncovered
(ʌnˈkʌvəd)
—
adj
1.
not covered; revealed or bare
2.
not protected by insurance, security, etc
3.
with hat removed as a mark of respect
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
uncover
c.1300, from
un-
(2) +
cover
(v.). Earliest use is fig.; lit. sense is attested from late 14c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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.
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a collection of old recipes that are colorful, flavorful and
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uncovered
a surprising clue to the causes of colony collapse
disorder.
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significant earnings differences by gender and race.
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uncovered
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uncovered
later proved.
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uncovered
body this extremity of the skies.
And yet autopsies lost money and
uncovered
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