uncloak

un·cloak

verb \-ˈklōk\

Definition of UNCLOAK

transitive verb

1

: to remove a cloak or cover from

2

: reveal, unmask <uncloak an impostor>

intransitive verb

: to take off a cloak

Examples of UNCLOAK

1. <uncloaked the latest plan for improvements to the state capitol>
2. <investigative reporters uncloaked the real estate tycoon, revealing him to be nothing more than a slumlord>

First Known Use of UNCLOAK

circa 1598

Related to UNCLOAK

Synonyms: bare, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, let on (about), spill, tell, unbosom, reveal, uncover, unmask, unveil

Antonyms: cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud, hide, mask, shroud, veil

Related Words: confide, share; debunk, show up; unclothe, undrape; advertise, announce, blaze, bring out, broadcast, declare, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, sound; betray, blab, give away, leak; inform, squeal, talk; communicate, impart, relate; acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, confess, own; disinter, rake up, smoke out, unearth

Near Antonyms: camouflage, disguise; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; becloud, bedim, befog, cloud, darken, eclipse, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shade

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Rhymes with UNCLOAK

ad hoc, backstroke, baroque, bespoke, blow smoke, breaststroke, brushstroke, bur oak, chain-smoke, convoke, cork oak, cowpoke, downstroke, evoke, ground stroke, heatstroke, holm oak, in-joke, invoke, keystroke, kinfolk, kinsfolk, menfolk, pin oak, post oak, presoak, provoke, red oak, revoke, scrub oak, she-oak, sidestroke, silk oak, slowpoke, sunchoke, sunstroke, tan oak, townsfolk, unyoke, upstroke, white oak, workfolk