Englishuncover
verb
1 she uncovered the cheese sandwiches:
lay bare, bare, expose, expose to view, leave unprotected, reveal, display, put on display, put on show, exhibit;
unwrap, unveil, strip, denude.
▷antonyms cover, conceal, clothe.
2 police claim to have uncovered a money-laundering operation:
detect, discover, come across, stumble on/across, chance on, hit on, encounter, find, find out, turn up, unearth, dig up, dredge up, root out, hunt out, nose out, ferret out, grub out, disinter, extricate;
expose, bring to light, bring into the open, unmask, unveil, reveal, lay bare, make known, make public, divulge, disclose, betray, give away, smoke out;
informal blow the whistle on, pull the plug on, spill the beans on, let the cat out of the bag, nail;
rare uncloak.
▷antonyms conceal, hide, cover up.