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}, {divulge}, {impart}, {break}, {give away}, {let
        out}]
     7: see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered
        the North Pole?"
     8: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn: {identify},
         {key}, {key out}, {distinguish}, {describe}, {name}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0