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

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