UNCOVERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uncovered mean? 

• UNCOVERED (adjective)
  The adjective UNCOVERED has 1 sense:

1. not covered with clothing

  Familiarity information: UNCOVERED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNCOVERED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not covered with clothing

Synonyms:

exposed; uncovered

Context example:

her exposed breast

Similar:

unclothed (not wearing clothing)

 Context examples 

These ground-based observations uncovered a star and a planet, but a detailed analysis also revealed a third body that astronomers could not definitively identify.

(Hubble Finds Planet Orbiting Pair of Stars, NASA)

Scientists using NASA's repurposed Kepler space telescope, known as the K2 mission, have uncovered strong evidence of a tiny, rocky object being torn apart as it spirals around a white dwarf star.

(K2 Finds Dead Star Vaporizing a Mini 'Planet', NASA)

The new findings were uncovered much as before as the researchers again noticed a change in the data coming out of studies on control animals.

(Reproductive Problems Reported In Lab Mice after BPA Replacements in Plastics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A connection between common household chemicals and birth defects has been uncovered by new research.

(Common Household Chemicals Lead to Birth Defects in Mice, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The remains of the two infants were found in a pit directly below a hearth where the 2010 remains were uncovered. (NSF)

(Archaeologists discover remains of Ice-Age infants in Alaska, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Researchers were surprised when they uncovered a galaxy that is missing most, if not all, of its dark matter.

(Dark Matter Goes Missing in Oddball Galaxy, NASA)

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered surprising new clues about a hefty, rapidly aging star whose behavior has never been seen before in our Milky Way galaxy.

(Hubble Observes One-of-a-Kind Star Nicknamed 'Nasty', NASA)

The Herschel Space Observatory has uncovered a weird ring of dusty material while obtaining one of the sharpest scans to date of a huge cloud of gas and dust, called NGC 7538.

(Herschel sees budding stars and a giant, strange ring, NASA)

This star system could be the archetype to explain a dazzling variety of glowing shapes uncovered by Hubble that are seen around dying stars, called planetary nebulae, researchers say.

(Hubble Detects Giant 'Cannonballs' Shooting from Star, NASA)

Surprisingly, the genes they uncovered are from a virus that causes its host to produce offspring with wings.

(Virus genes help determine if pea aphids get wings, National Science Foundation)