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Uncovering

Uncover \Un*cov"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uncovered; p. pr. & vb. n. Uncovering.] [1st pref. un- + cover.]

  1. To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.

  2. To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. ``To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation.''
    --Milton.

  3. To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to uncover one's head; to uncover one's self.

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uncovering

n. The act by which something is uncovered. vb. (present participle of uncover English)

WordNet
uncovering
  1. n. the removal of covering [syn: denudation, stripping, baring, husking]

  2. the act of discovering something [syn: discovery, find]

Usage examples of "uncovering".

Here the intense experiential disclosures do not have to be worked into a subjective structure already present, but rather have to be part of a subjective and intersubjective process of building a structure not yet in existence: experiences have to be part, not of structural uncovering, but of structural building.

The men sniffed in disgust at the fluid, and toward the last held their noses against the foetor they were uncovering.

Verina came in, uncovering the bowl in which the stewed muskmelon lay.

Whether one is a Freudian or not, this is still the most accurate and succinct summary of all forms of uncovering psychotherapy, and it simply points to an expansion of ego, an expansion of I-ness, into a higher and wider identity that integrates previously alienated processes.

Gibson and Malet describe a presternal fissure uncovering the base of the heart.

Gathering food was the least of their troubles, what with gawks uncovering eggs and butting fruits and nuts down from the trees and trampling paths through thorny undergrowth to the best of the berry plants.

The Winfields walked on past the gym then, and they came out on the port side, where the crew were uncovering eight wooden lifeboats as the band started to play.

They stood closely huddled together in the cold, unable to believe that on this vast, indomitable ship they were actually uncovering the lifeboats and standing there in the middle of the night waiting to load them.

Small groups of men were uncovering each of the lifeboats at random, and tossing in lanterns and tins of biscuits, but the crowds were still holding back as crewmen moved to the davits and began turning the cranks that swung the lifeboats out and then lowered them to where they could be boarded by the extremely hesitant group that stood and watched them.

There Sharpe discovers a treason has been conjured up by his oldest and worst enemy, Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill, but in uncovering this Sharpe finds himself alone and under dreadful threat.

She was uncovering the plate which Hub had given her, to discover little cakes as well as scones, when Mrs Mac Rae arrived.

After I had arranged my structural scheme, and was capable of discarding many data that were superfluous to my initial effort of uncovering the cogency of his teachings, it became clear to me that they had an internal cohesion, a logical sequence that enabled me to view the entire phenomenon in a light that dispelled the sense of bizarreness which was the mark of all I had experienced.

I have argued in Transformations, meditation is not primarily a structure-building technique, nor an uncovering technique, nor a script-rewriting technique, although all of those things might come into play with meditation.

Moreover, these uncovering procedures are vague, unresearched, and without simple rules for interpretation.

So, if you become upset, it certainly suggests you need to get the unfinished business cleared up, but with an experienced counselor's help in uncovering and then cognitively and affectively integrating the new awarenesses.