UNCOVERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uncovering mean? 

• UNCOVERING (noun)
  The noun UNCOVERING has 2 senses:

1. the removal of covering

2. the act of discovering something

  Familiarity information: UNCOVERING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNCOVERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The removal of covering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

baring; denudation; husking; stripping; uncovering

Hypernyms ("uncovering" is a kind of...):

remotion; removal (the act of removing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uncovering"):

deforestation; disforestation (the removal of trees)

cornhusking (the act of removing the husks from ears of corn)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of discovering something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

discovery; find; uncovering

Hypernyms ("uncovering" is a kind of...):

act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uncovering"):

tracing (the discovery and description of the course of development of something)

catching; detection; espial; spotting; spying (the act of detecting something; catching sight of something)

self-discovery (discovering your own individuality)

breakthrough (making an important discovery)

determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation)

rediscovery (the act of discovering again)

 Context examples 

Uncovering the nebula's secrets is no simple task.

(SOFIA Reveals How the Swan Nebula Hatched, NASA)

I was awoke by somebody saying “Here he is!” and uncovering my hot head.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He lifted the hangings from the wall, uncovering the second door: this, too, he opened.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“Mrs. Hudson has risen to the occasion,” said Holmes, uncovering a dish of curried chicken.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Archaeologists from the University of Granada have carried out excavations in the Biniadris Cave located on the Balearic Island of Menorca, uncovering enigmatic funeral rituals.

(Hair was dyed for first time as part of funeral rituals, University of Granada)

Uncovering a large amount of previously undescribed genetic variation, a new study provides new insights into our evolutionary past, and highlights the complexity of the process through which our ancestors diversified, migrated and mixed throughout the world.

(Global human genome study reveals our complex evolutionary history, University of Cambridge)

The findings also might shed light on more common disorders such as fatty liver disease, obesity and diabetes by uncovering similarities in how MMA and these disorders affect energy metabolism and, more specifically, the function of mitochondria, the cells’ energy powerhouses.

(Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia, National Institutes of Health)

Uncovering a large amount of previously undescribed genetic variation, the study provides new insights into our evolutionary past, and highlights the complexity of the process through which our ancestors diversified, migrated and mixed throughout the world.

(Global human genome study reveals our complex evolutionary history, University of Cambridge)