remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body; "uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway" make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings
To uncover something means to remove something that is covering it. When the seedlings sprout, uncover the tray
If you uncover something, especially something that has been kept secret, you discover or find out about it. Auditors said they had uncovered evidence of fraud = discover
When people who are digging somewhere uncover something, they find a thing or a place that has been under the ground for a long time. Archaeologists have uncovered an 11,700-year-old hunting camp in Alaska. = unearth