Verb

• S: (v) detect (detect%2:39:00::), observe (observe%2:39:02::), find (find%2:39:02::), discover (discover%2:39:03::), notice (notice%2:39:04::) (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"
• S: (v) learn (learn%2:31:01::), hear (hear%2:31:00::), get word (get_word%2:31:00::), get wind (get_wind%2:31:01::), pick up (pick_up%2:31:00::), find out (find_out%2:31:00::), get a line (get_a_line%2:31:00::), discover (discover%2:31:01::), see (see%2:31:02::) (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"
• S: (v) discover (discover%2:36:00::), find (find%2:36:00::) (make a discovery, make a new finding) "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
• S: (v) discover (discover%2:31:00::), find (find%2:31:09::) (make a discovery) "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
• S: (v) fall upon (fall_upon%2:40:13::), strike (strike%2:40:00::), come upon (come_upon%2:40:09::), light upon (light_upon%2:40:00::), chance upon (chance_upon%2:40:00::), come across (come_across%2:40:02::), chance on (chance_on%2:40:00::), happen upon (happen_upon%2:40:00::), attain (attain%2:40:13::), discover (discover%2:40:00::) (find unexpectedly) "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
• S: (v) unwrap (unwrap%2:32:00::), disclose (disclose%2:32:00::), let on (let_on%2:32:00::), bring out (bring_out%2:32:06::), reveal (reveal%2:32:00::), discover (discover%2:32:04::), expose (expose%2:32:01::), divulge (divulge%2:32:00::), break (break%2:32:00::), give away (give_away%2:32:00::), let out (let_out%2:32:00::), uncover (uncover%2:32:00::) (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"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"
• S: (v) discover (discover%2:39:00::) (see for the first time; make a discovery) "Who discovered the North Pole?"
• S: (v) identify (identify%2:31:01::), discover (discover%2:31:03::), key (key%2:31:00::), key out (key_out%2:31:00::), distinguish (distinguish%2:31:01::), describe (describe%2:31:00::), name (name%2:31:01::) (identify as in botany or biology, for example)