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Main Entry:	uncover
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	reveal, disclose
Synonyms:	bare, betray, break, bring to light*, crack, denude, dig up, discover, display, divulge, expose, give away, hit upon, lay bare, lay open, leak, make known, open, open up, show, strike, strip, stumble on, subject, tap, tell, tip one's hand, unclothe, unearth, unmask, unveil, unwrap
Antonyms:	conceal, cover, hide, suppress

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	advertise
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want
Synonyms:	acquaint, advance, advise, announce, apprise, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, bill, blazon, boost, build up, communicate, declare, disclose, display, divulge, drum, endorse, exhibit, expose, flaunt, hard sell, herald, hype, inform, notify, pitch, plug, press agent, proclaim, promote, promulgate, puff, push, reveal, show, soft sell, splash, sponsor, spot, tout, uncover, unmask, circularize, get on soapbox for, make a pitch, make known, put on the map
Antonyms:	hide, keep secret

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	bare
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	reveal
Synonyms:	disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, publish, show, uncover, unroll, unveil
Notes:	bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal
Antonyms:	cloak, hide, secret

Main Entry:	come across
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	encounter, find
Synonyms:	bump into, discover, meet, notice, uncover, unearth, chance upon, happen upon, hit upon, light upon, stumble upon

Main Entry:	come up with
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	suggest, create
Synonyms:	advance, compose, detect, discover, find, furnish, invent, offer, originate, present, produce, propose, provide, recommend, submit, uncover, bring forth, stumble upon

Main Entry:	denude
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	strip
Synonyms:	bare, disrobe, expose, fleece, peel, uncover, undress, lay bare

Main Entry:	detect
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	discover
Synonyms:	ascertain, catch, descry, disclose, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, find, identify, meet, note, notice, observe, recognize, reveal, scent, see, spot, turn up, uncover, unmask, dig up, hit on, hit upon, meet with, nose out, smell out, smoke out, stumble on, track down, tumble into, wise up to
Antonyms:	miss, overlook, pass by, not see

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	disclose
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	reveal, make public
Synonyms:	acknowledge, admit, avow, bare, betray, blab, bring to light, broadcast, communicate, confess, discover, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, give away, impart, leak, mouth, open, own, publish, relate, reveal, show, snitch, spill, spill the beans, squeal*, tell, uncover, unfurl, unveil, utter, come out of the closet, lay bare, let slip, make known
Antonyms:	conceal, hide, secrete, withhold

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	display
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	show for public viewing, effect
Synonyms:	advertise, arrange, bare, betray, boast, brandish, demonstrate, disclose, emblazon, evidence, evince, exhibit, expand, expose, extend, feature, flash, flaunt, flourish, glaze, grandstand, illustrate, impart, lay out, manifest, model, open, parade, perform, present, promote, promulgate, publish, represent, reveal, show off, sport, trot out, uncover, unfold, unfurl, unmask, unroll, unveil, vamp, bring to view, lay bare, make clear, make known, open out, set out, showcase, spread out, stretch out
Antonyms:	conceal, cover, hide, secrete, withhold

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	disrobe
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	take off one's clothes
Synonyms:	bare, denude, deprive, dismantle, divest, doff, husk, peel, remove, shed, shuck*, strip, unbutton, uncover, undress, denudate, slip out of, take it off, unclothe
Antonyms:	clothe, put on

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	divest
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	dispossess; take off
Synonyms:	bankrupt, bare, bereave, bleed, denude, deprive, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, disrobe, ditch, doff, dump, eighty-six, lose, milk*, oust, plunder, remove, rob, seize, spoil, strip, uncover, undress, unload, denudate, take from, unclothe
Antonyms:	clothe, cover, invest, possess, take

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	divulge
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make known; confess
Synonyms:	admit, betray, blab, blow the whistle, broadcast, communicate, declare, disclose, discover, exhibit, expose, give away, gossip, impart, leak, mouth, proclaim, promulgate, publish, reveal, spill, spill the beans, spring, tattle, tell, uncover, cough up, fess up, go public, let hair down, let slip, open up, own up, tip off
Antonyms:	conceal, hide, keep, secrete

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	excavate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	dig up
Synonyms:	burrow, cut, delve, empty, gouge, grub, hollow, mine, quarry, scoop, scrape, shovel, spade, trench, tunnel, uncover, unearth
Antonyms:	fill

Main Entry:	ferret out
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	search out
Synonyms:	ascertain, bring to light, chase, determine, disclose, discover, elicit, extract, follow, get at, hunt, learn, penetrate, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, quest, seek, trace, trail, uncover, unearth, be on to, chase down, dig out, dig up, dig up, drive out, hunt down, nose out, pick up on, root out, root out, scout out, search out, smell out, smoke out, smoke out, sniff out, track down, worm out

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	find out
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	discover, learn
Synonyms:	ascertain, catch, detect, determine, disclose, divine, expose, hear, identify, note, observe, perceive, realize, reveal, see, uncover, unearth, unmask, catch on
Antonyms:	conceal, cover, hide

Main Entry:	let on
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	acknowledge, admit
Synonyms:	allow, avow, betray, concede, confess, disclose, divulge, give away, grant, hint, imply, indicate, mouth, own, reveal, say, spill, suggest, tell, uncover, unveil, let out, make known, own up
Antonyms:	deny, disacknowledge

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	pare
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	peel, trim
Synonyms:	carve, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, decrease, dock, flay, knock off, lop, lower, prune, reduce, scrape, shave, shear, skin, slash, strip, thin, uncover, mark down, scalp, skive
Antonyms:	cover

Main Entry:	peel
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	take off outer covering
Synonyms:	decorticate, exfoliate, flake, flay, pare, pull off, scale, shave, skin, strip, uncover, delaminate, desquamate, excorticate, tear off
Antonyms:	cover

Main Entry:	unearth
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	dig up
Synonyms:	ascertain, bring to light, delve, determine, discover, disinter, excavate, exhibit, exhume, expose, find, find out, hear, learn, reveal, root, see, show, spark, spotlight, strike, turn up, uncover, uproot, catch on*, dredge up, ferret, hit upon, see the light, stumble on, unbury
Antonyms:	bury

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	unmask
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	reveal
Synonyms:	acknowledge, admit, announce, bare, bring to light*, come out with, confess, disclose, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, leak, show, tell, uncover, unearth, unveil, bring out into the open, let cat out of the bag, make known, make public, unclothe

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