catch out, find out - trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks"

discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

sense - detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization"

instantiate - find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word); "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect"

trace - discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"

see - observe as if with an eye; "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it"

sight - catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge"

discover, find - make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

ascertain, determine, find out, find - after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize"

conceive, conceptualise, conceptualize, gestate - have the idea for; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"

detect, discover, notice, observe, find - 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"

get the goods - discover some bad or hidden information about; "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail"

wise up - get wise to; "They wised up to it"

trip up, catch - detect a blunder or misstep; "The reporter tripped up the senator"

ascertain - learn or discover with certainty

discover, find - make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"

witness, see, find - perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "I want to see results"; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"

get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, find out, discover, pick up, see - 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"

rake up - bring to light; "He raked up the misdeeds of his predecessor"

ferret out, ferret - search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth"

discover, find - make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"

regain, find - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"

blackwash - bring (information) out of concealment

muckrake - explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking"

blow - cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"

out - reveal somebody else's homosexuality; "This actor was outed last week"

come out of the closet, out, come out - to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year"

spring - produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"

get around, get out, break - be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning"

betray, bewray - reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"

confide - reveal in private; tell confidentially

leak - tell anonymously; "The news were leaked to the paper"

babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, talk, sing - divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"

tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"

reveal - disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"

rediscover - discover again; "I rediscovered the books that I enjoyed as a child"