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kaplag [kap.lag.] : discover (v.); suss (v.)

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Glosses:
discover
v. (perception)1. detect, discover, find, notice, observediscover 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"
~ catch out, find outtrap; 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, findmake a discovery, make a new finding.; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
~ sensedetect some circumstance or entity automatically.; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization"
~ instantiatefind 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"
~ tracediscover traces of.; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
~ seeobserve as if with an eye.; "The camera saw the burglary and recorded it"
~ sight, spycatch sight of; to perceive with the eyes.; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge"
v. (cognition)2. discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, seeget to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
~ get the goodsdiscover some bad or hidden information about.; "She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail"
~ wise upget wise to.; "They wised up to it"
~ trip up, catchdetect a blunder or misstep.; "The reporter tripped up the senator"
~ ascertainlearn or discover with certainty.
~ discover, findmake a discovery.; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
~ witness, see, findperceive or be contemporaneous with.; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"
v. (creation)3. discover, findmake a discovery, make a new finding.; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
~ discover, findmake a discovery.; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
~ ascertain, determine, find out, findestablish 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, gestatehave the idea for.; "He conceived of a robot that would help paralyzed patients"; "This library was well conceived"
~ detect, discover, notice, observe, finddiscover 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"
v. (cognition)4. discover, findmake a discovery.; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
~ get a line, get wind, get word, discover, find out, hear, learn, pick up, seeget 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 upbring to light.; "He raked up the misdeeds of his predecessor"
~ ferret out, ferretsearch and discover through persistent investigation.; "She ferreted out the truth"
~ discover, findmake a discovery, make a new finding.; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
v. (possession)5. attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strikefind unexpectedly.; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
~ regain, findcome upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost.; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
v. (communication)6. break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrapmake 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"
~ blackwashbring (information) out of concealment.
~ muckrakeexplore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures.; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking"
~ blowcause to be revealed and jeopardized.; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
~ outreveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle.; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
~ come out of the closet, out, come outto state openly and publicly one's homosexuality.; "This actor outed last year"
~ springproduce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving"
~ get around, get out, breakbe released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning"
~ get around, get out, breakbe released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning"
~ betray, bewrayreveal unintentionally.; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
~ confidereveal in private; tell confidentially.
~ leaktell 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, sing, talkdivulge confidential information or secrets.; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
~ telllet something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late"
~ revealdisclose directly or through prophets.; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind"
v. (perception)7. discoversee for the first time; make a discovery.; "Who discovered the North Pole?"
~ perceive, comprehendto become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"
~ rediscoverdiscover again.; "I rediscovered the books that I enjoyed as a child"
v. (cognition)8. describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, nameidentify as in botany or biology, for example.
~ class, classify, sort out, assort, sort, separatearrange or order by classes or categories.; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"