Verb

(en verb)

to remove the cover of an object

The model railway was uncovered .

To reveal the identity of

The murderer has finally been uncovered .

To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.

* Milton

To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.

To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of.

to uncover oneself

Verb

(explor)

(obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.

To examine or investigate something systematically.

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To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

(medicine) To examine diagnostically.

To (seek) experience first hand.

To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.

To wander without any particular aim or purpose.

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They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored' wherever they were permitted to ' explore , paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.