verb (v)

• make plain and comprehensible(verb.communication)

  Example:
  He explained the laws of physics to his students.
  

  Synonym:
  explicate
  

  source: wordnet30
• define(verb.communication)

  Example:
  The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean.
  

  source: wordnet30
• serve as a reason or cause or justification of(verb.communication)

  Example:
  Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again.
  

  Synonym:
  excuse
  

  source: wordnet30
• To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To give an explanation.(verb)

  source: webster1913