Literary notes about uncover (AI summary)
The word “uncover” carries a wide range of meanings in literature, serving both literal and metaphorical purposes. In religious and moral texts, it functions as a command to keep certain matters hidden, such as prohibitions against exposing familial nakedness ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12]). In contrast, narrative works and technical writing employ the term to denote active revealing—whether it is uncovering a face for identification ([13], [14]), exposing hidden truths or emotions ([15], [16]), or even detailing mechanical and procedural actions ([17], [18]). This versatility shows how “uncover” not only describes the physical act of revealing but also symbolizes the discovery of deeper insights and secrets within a text.
- Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, whom she bore to thy father: and who is thy sister.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy wife and her daughter.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers: neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy aunt by thy mother, and of thy aunt by thy father.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - No man shall approach to her that is near of kin to him, to uncover her nakedness.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother: she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother: neither shalt thou approach to his wife, who is joined to thee by affinity.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: because she is thy mother's flesh.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: because she is the flesh of thy father.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy sister by father or by mother: whether born at home or abroad.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother: she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 18:8.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - “When you hear a knock at the door, you will uncover your eyes,” added Willarski.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - “Alexey Alexandrovitch, do uncover his face!
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - Nor do I believe that we can uncover these unknown circumstances through further penetration into the study of errors.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - All creative scientists know that the true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions they uncover the laws of truth.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - When the piston rises sufficiently to uncover O (as in figure), air rushes from A into the highly-exhausted space D and fills it.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - Steam enters by the left steam-way, which the valve is just commencing to uncover.
— from How it Works by Archibald Williams