(uncovers, uncovering, uncovered)
1.
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
VERB: V n
2.
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
VERB: V n
3.
To uncover something means to remove something that is covering it.
When the seedlings sprout, uncover the tray.
VERB: V n