Removing a cover or cloth from something; revealing or discovering something that was hidden or secret.
From the prefix 'un-' (meaning 'to reverse' or 'remove') plus 'cover' (from Old French 'covrir,' from Latin 'cooperire'). The gerund form '-ing' makes it a present participle or noun describing the action in progress.
The word 'uncover' works both physically and intellectually—you can uncover a dish at dinner and uncover a scandal in an investigation—showing how humans use the same words for both body and mind because we experience discovering secrets the same way we experience revealing objects.
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