Definitions for uncover

uncover un·cov·er

Spelling: [uhn-kuhv-er]
IPA: /ʌnˈkʌv ər/

Uncover is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in uncover (cenoruv).

Definitions for uncover

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)

  1. to remove a cover or covering.
  2. to take off one's hat or other head covering as a gesture of respect.

Origin of uncover

First recorded in 1250-1300, uncover is from the Middle English word uncoveren. See un-2, cover

Examples for uncover

The Jew might not uncover the body in the face of the temple.

Rub his arms and legs toward his body but do not uncover him to do this.

And we are as likely now to uncover a war party as a herd of antelope.

Fifty years later, she breaks that pledge and joins forces with a journalist as they try to uncover what became of her son.

But such a fashion of beard, while covering a man's face, does much to uncover the man.

Which one of the fifty-seven varieties have you elected to uncover first?

uncover new details about the 2016 contender's time as First Lady.

One reporter is onto Underwood—and he or she will “stop at nothing,” as they say, to uncover the truth.

“It is the responsibility of the new government to uncover all the answers to who was shooting our citizens,” he says.

Amid the noise and clamor, we uncover the presents worth cherishing: life, family, friends, and faith.

Word Value for uncover
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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