reveal
Plural: reveals
Verb
Verb Forms: revealed, revealing, reveals
- To make known or disclose something previously hidden.
- make visible
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- "The actress won't reveal how old she is"
- disclose directly or through prophets
- "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"
- To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
- To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
Noun
- The outer side of a window or door frame.
- A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.
Examples
- Her clever play of ’JINNS’ on a triple word score seemed to reveal her secret strategy.
- The comedian had been telling us about his sleep being disturbed by noise. Then came the reveal: he was sleeping on a bed in a department store.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, uncover”), from re- (“back, again”) + vēlāre (“to cover”), from vēlum (“a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning, sail”) (whence also English veil, English unveil, English voile, Russian вуаль (vualʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ, “to veil”) (compare typologically)).
Also compare typologically English uncloak, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije), срыва́ть покро́вы (sryvátʹ pokróvy) (покро́в (pokróv, “cover, covering”)).
Synonyms
break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, uncover, unveil, unwrap, bare, bewray, bring to light, display, find out, jamb, lay bare, let the cat out of the bag, luster, make known, nake, open, out, reveal, revel, show, spill one's guts, spill the beans, tell, uncloak, unfold
Scrabble Score: 9
reveal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordreveal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
reveal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary