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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Found \Found\,
     imp. & p. p. of Find.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Founding.] [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]
     To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to
     cast. ``Whereof to found their engines.'' --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Found \Found\, n.
     A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Founding.] [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See
     1st Bottom, and cf. Founder, v. i., Fund.]
     1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something
        solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis,
        literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
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              I had else been perfect,
              Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. --Shak.
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              A man that all his time
              Hath founded his good fortunes on your love. --Shak.
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              It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. --Matt.
                                                    vii. 25.
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     2. To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or
        building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to
        begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to
        found a family.
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              There they shall found
              Their government, and their great senate choose.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     Syn: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See
          Predicate.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Find \Find\ (f[imac]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Found (found); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Finding.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS.
     & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna,
     Goth. fin[thorn]an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr.
     pi`ptein to fall, Skr. pat to fall, fly, E. petition.]
     1. To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the
        first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or
        unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.
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              Searching the window for a flint, I found
              This paper, thus sealed up.           --Shak.
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              In woods and forests thou art found.  --Cowley.
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     2. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to
        experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings;
        to detect; to feel. ``I find you passing gentle.'' --Shak.
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              The torrid zone is now found habitable. --Cowley.
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     3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
        (a) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.
        (b) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object
            or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.
        (c) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to
            find leisure; to find means.
        (d) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
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                  Seek, and ye shall find.          --Matt. vii.
                                                    7.
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                  Every mountain now hath found a tongue. --Byron.
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     4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food
        for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
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              Wages [pounds]14 and all found.       --London
                                                    Times.
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              Nothing a day and find yourself.      --Dickens.
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     5. To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to
        establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of
        indictment) against an accused person.
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              To find his title with some shows of truth. --Shak.
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     To find out, to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) --
        to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand.
        ``Canst thou by searching find out God?'' --Job. xi. 7.
        ``We do hope to find out all your tricks.'' --Milton.
  
     To find fault with, to blame; to censure.
  
     To find one's self, to be; to fare; -- often used in
        speaking of health; as, how do you find yourself this
        morning?
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Find \Find\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Found; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Finding.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG.
     findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth.
     fin?an; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. ? to fall, Skr.
     pat to fall, fly, E. petition.]
     1. To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the
        first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or
        unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.
  
              Searching the window for a flint, I found This
              paper, thus sealed up.                --Shak.
  
              In woods and forests thou art found.  --Cowley.
  
     2. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to
        experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings;
        to detect; to feel. ``I find you passing gentle.'' --Shak.
  
              The torrid zone is now found habitable. --Cowley.
  
     3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
        (a) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.
        (b) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object
            or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.
        (c) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to
            find leisure; to find means.
        (d) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
  
                  Seek, and ye shall find.          --Matt. vii.
                                                    7.
  
                  Every mountain now hath found a tongue. --Byron.
  
     4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food
        for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
  
              Wages [pounds]14 and all found.       --London
                                                    Times.
  
              Nothing a day and find yourself.      --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Found \Found\,
     imp. & p. p. of Find.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Founding.] [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]
     To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to
     cast. ``Whereof to found their engines.'' --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Found \Found\, n.
     A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Found \Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Founded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Founding.] [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See
     1st Bottom, and cf. Founder, v. i., Fund.]
     1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something
        solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis,
        literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
  
              I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble,
              founded as the rock.                  --Shak.
  
              A man that all his time Hath founded his good
              fortunes on your love.                --Shak.
  
              It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. --Matt.
                                                    vii. 25.
  
     2. To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or
        building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to
        begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to
        found a family.
  
              There they shall found Their government, and their
              great senate choose.                  --Milton.
  
     Syn: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See
          Predicate.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  find
       n 1: a productive insight [syn: discovery, breakthrough]
       2: the act of discovering something [syn: discovery, uncovering]
       v 1: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea
            in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery
            not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an
            interesting book in the bookstore the other day" [syn: happen,
             chance, bump, encounter]
       2: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;
          "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water";
          "We found traces of lead in the paint" [syn: detect, observe,
           discover, notice]
       3: come upon after searching; find the location of something
          that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I
          cannot find my gloves!" [syn: regain] [ant: lose]
       4: after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or
          study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist
          who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" [syn:
          determine, find out, ascertain]
       5: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or
          indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I
          find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather
          entertaining" [syn: feel]
       6: perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans
          winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in
          this school"; "I want to see results"; "The 1960 saw the
          rebellion of the younger generation against established
          traditions"; "I want to see results" [syn: witness, see]
       7: get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found
          this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got
          hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman
          got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent
          letter" [syn: line up, get hold, come up]
       8: make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered
          X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary
          particle" [syn: discover]
       9: make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The
          story is false, so far as I can discover" [syn: discover]
       10: obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and
           energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the
           money to send our sons to college"
       11: decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone
           guilty" [syn: rule]
       12: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of
           civilization do not find expression or receive an
           interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I
           got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive,
            get, obtain, incur]
       13: perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I
           found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up,
           he found himself in a hospital room"
       14: get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control
           of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
           [syn: recover, retrieve, regain]
       15: succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrrow found its mark"
       16: accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and
           situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
           [syn: find oneself]
       [also: found]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  found
       adj : come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the
             lost-and-found department" [ant: lost]
       n : food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked
           for $30 and found"
       v 1: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish,
             set up, launch] [ant: abolish]
       2: set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new
          department" [syn: establish, plant, constitute, institute]
       3: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some
          observation" [syn: establish, base, ground]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  found
       See find

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  found
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 ιδρύω
     2 θεμελιώνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  found
     n.
     Food and lodging; board.
     vb.
     (infl of en find  ed-form)
     vb.
     (senseid en start) (lb en transitive) To start (an institution or
  organization).
     vb.
     1 (senseid en melt) To melt, especially of metal in an industry
  setting.
     2 To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
     n.
     A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Found.
     n.
     (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en foundation)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  found
     n.
     Food and lodging; board.
     vb.
     (infl of en find  ed-form)
     vb.
     (senseid en start) (lb en transitive) To start (an institution or
  organization).
     vb.
     1 (senseid en melt) To melt, especially of metal in an industry
  setting.
     2 To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
     n.
     A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Found.
     n.
     (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en foundation)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  found
     n.
     Food and lodging; board.
     vb.
     (infl of en find  ed-form)
     vb.
     (senseid en start) (lb en transitive) To start (an institution or
  organization).
     vb.
     1 (senseid en melt) To melt, especially of metal in an industry
  setting.
     2 To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
     n.
     A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Found.
     n.
     (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en foundation)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  found
     n.
     Food and lodging; board.
     vb.
     (infl of en find  ed-form)
     vb.
     (senseid en start) (lb en transitive) To start (an institution or
  organization).
     vb.
     1 (senseid en melt) To melt, especially of metal in an industry
  setting.
     2 To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
     n.
     A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Found.
     n.
     (lb en legal) (abbreviation of en foundation)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  found
     Englanti vb.
     perustaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  found
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en find ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     1 starta ett företag eller organisation
     2 börja bygga
     3 (böjning en verb find)
     4 (böjning en verb find)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Found /fˈaʊnd/
  وجد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  found //faʊnd// 
  1. основавам
  to begin building
  2. създавам, учредявам
  to start an organization