Wiktionary
alt. To illuminate; to make clear. vb. To illuminate; to make clear.
WordNet
v. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault" [syn: clear, clear up, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate]
Usage examples of "shed light on".
They stopped in at every house, school, and nunnery, hoping that someone would have seen Slade during the night and could shed light on The Snot's intentions.
Since he didn't die at home it isn't really a crime scene but they'll want phone numbers for next of kin, anything that might shed light on relationships .
The Lady Ariel herself was never able to shed light on this curious incident.
If there was even a slim chance this mystery woman could shed light on Daddys murder, she had to follow through on it.
Surely he had learned something in two days of questioning, something to shed light on FitzWilliam's death.
However, if there is anything that would shed light on the Alverez case, I would hope youd share it with us.
Alucius searched through the history for some time, but he could find no other reference to sorrow in Deforya or anything that might shed light on it.
Bring him up to the altar, he said then, and well see if the god can shed light on our dilemma.