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reveal.

The outer side of a window or door frame.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɹɪˈviːl/Received-Pronunciation/ɹɪˈvil/Canada, General-American/ɹɪˈviːl/Australia[ɹɪˈvɪil]Australia

  1. The outer side of a window or door frame.

  2. A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.

    informal · usually
    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.
Where this word comes from

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, dismantle, divest, invest, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije), срыва́ть покро́вы (sryvátʹ pokróvy) (покро́в (pokróv, “cover, covering”)).

verb/ɹɪˈviːl/Received-Pronunciation/ɹɪˈvil/Canada, General-American/ɹɪˈviːl/Australia[ɹɪˈvɪil]Australia

  1. To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden or unknown.

    transitive

  2. To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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, dismantle, divest, invest, unmask, Russian разобла́чать (razobláčatʹ) (akin to облаче́ние (oblačénije), срыва́ть покро́вы (sryvátʹ pokróvy) (покро́в (pokróv, “cover, covering”)).

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