Uncovering

noun, verb

noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is uncovered.

    "In partial compensation for this narrowed destiny the white world has lavished its politeness on its womankind,—its chivalry and bows, its uncoverings and courtesies—all the accumulated homage disused for courts and kings[…]"

  2. 2
    the act of discovering something wordnet
  3. 3
    the removal of covering wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of uncover form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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denudationdiscoveryapocalypsebaringbaringbringing to light

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"And when Boaz had eaten, and drunk, and was merry, he went to sleep by the heap of sheaves, and she came softly, and uncovering his feet, laid herself down."

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