uncloak

English

Etymology

From un- + cloak.

Verb

uncloak (third-person singular simple present uncloaks, present participle uncloaking, simple past and past participle uncloaked)

(transitive) To remove a cloak or cover from; to deprive of a cloak or cover; to unmask; to reveal.
- 1671, Richard Allestree, The Gentleman's Calling, page 124:
  And will none have so much Charity, so much Zeal for publick Concern, as to uncloak this Impostour, and shew the dazled World what it is it thus bows to?
- 1875, The Argosy, volume 19, page 453:
  She attended all our guests, most rigorously insisted on uncloaking and unshawling them, whether they would or not; […]
(intransitive) To remove one's cloak.
- 1826, Allan Cunningham, Paul Jones: A Romance, volume 2, page 38:
  Nay, but my fireside's not the deck—I am mistress here; so let me uncloak thee." She seized his cloak, and, not without a slight resistance on his part, unclasped the collar, and threw it aside.
(intransitive, science fiction) To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device.
- 2011, David Mack, Rise Like Lions (Star Trek: Mirror Universe):
  Don't try to target the Klingons as they uncloak, you won't have time. Just use the phasers to make a nofly zone between us and the Takagi.

Synonyms

(reveal): expose, uncover; see also Thesaurus:reveal
(remove one's cloak):
(become visible again): decloak

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “all”): becloak, cloak
(antonym(s) of “reveal”): cover, hide

Hypernyms

(remove one's cloak): divest, doff; see also Thesaurus:undress

Translations

to become visible again by turning off a cloaking device — see decloak