Discover

verb discovers · discovering · discovered · discover

1. transitive To find or learn something for the first time. Turning the corner, I discovered a lovely little shop. I discovered that they sold widgets.
2. obsolete, transitive To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.). He set down his bags beside him, on the beautiful red floor, and he took off his hat, for he had reached his destination, discovering his scant red hair, and laid it on the table beside him.
3. archaic, transitive To expose, uncover. The gust of wind discovered a bone in the sand.
4. transitive To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack. This move discovers an attack on a vital pawn.
5. transitive To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit. Indeed, the plaintiffs suggest that they may not need to call Ms. Samji at all if they are allowed to discover the defendant on the new documents before any new trial takes place.
6. archaic, transitive To reveal (information); to divulge, make known. I discovered my plans to the rest of the team.
7. obsolete, transitive To reconnoitre, explore (an area). they seyde the same, and were aggreed that Sir Clegis, Sir Claryon, and Sir Clement the noble, that they sholde dyscover the woodys, bothe the dalys and the downys.
8. obsolete, transitive To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit. The scandal of a lie is in a manner lost and annihilated when diffused among several thousands; as a drop of the blackest tincture wears away and vanishes when mixed and confused in a considerable body of water; the blot is still in it, but is not able to discover itself.

Similar: catch, check, come upon, detect, determine, discover, disinter, fish up, identify, learn, locate, map

proper noun

1. US Discover Card, a brand of credit card.
2. Discover magazine, a general audience science magazine launched in 1980.