Verb
find unexpectedly
Source: WordNetthe archeologists chanced upon an old tomb Source: Internet
she struck a goldmine Source: Internet
The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake Source: Internet
Although it is metaphysical, it sheds much light upon very concrete and very practical researches. Source: Internet
A tax on tallows and another on the manufacture of the candles increased by 5 pennies the cost of his luminary, which became thus more expensive than the value of the product that it could shed light upon. Source: Internet
If one now shines a very intense beam of low-frequency light upon the same metal, a whole slew of electrons are ejected; however they possess the same low energy, there are merely more of them. Source: Internet