uncover

1. (reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.Examples: "Alfred, surprised to meet his father, whom he thought absent from home, […] stood, holding his firelock in one hand, and his hat in the other, having uncovered himself as soon as he perceived his father."; "The English soldiers were directed in general orders to salute and uncover before the Host as it passed, and here in the wilderness the old religion held firm sway."Synonyms: doffintransitivereflexive

2. (reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia.Examples: "The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye; and the female organs were potent over elemental disturbances, thus a woman uncovering herself could quell a storm."intransitivereflexive

3. (military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.transitive