Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Verb: shed light on
  1. Make clear or more understandable; remove confusion or ambiguity
    "The new evidence shed light on the mysterious case";
    - clear, clear up, crystallize, crystallise [Brit], crystalize [US, rare], straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate

Derived forms: shedding light on, shed light on, sheds light on

Type of: clarify, clear up, elucidate