discover (
http://definr.com/discover)
v 1: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;
"She detected high levels of lead in her drinking
water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn:
detect,
observe,
find,
notice]
2: make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered
X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary
particle" [syn:
find]
3: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I
learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that
you have been promoted" [syn:
learn,
hear,
get word,
get wind,
pick up,
find out,
get a line,
see]
4: make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The
story is false, so far as I can discover" [syn:
find]
5: find unexpectedly: "the archeologists chanced upon an old
tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck
the main path to the lake" [syn:
fall upon,
strike, {come
upon},
light upon,
chance upon,
come across, {chance
on},
happen upon,
attain]
6: 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 auction house would not disclose the price at
which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal
how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news
to her" [syn:
disclose,
let on,
bring out,
reveal,
expose,
declare,
divulge,
impart,
break, {give
away},
let out]
7: see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered
the North Pole?"
8: as in in botany or biology, for example [syn:
identify,
key,
key out,
distinguish,
describe,
name]