'Find' definitions:
Definition of 'find'
(from WordNet)
noun
A productive insight [syn: discovery, breakthrough, find]
noun
The act of discovering something [syn: discovery, find, uncovering]
verb
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: find, happen, chance, bump, encounter]
verb
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, find, discover, notice]
verb
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: find, regain] [ant: lose]
verb
Establish 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, find out, ascertain]
verb
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: find, feel]
verb
Perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results" [syn: witness, find, see]
verb
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, find]
verb
Make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle" [syn: discover, find]
verb
Make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover" [syn: discover, find]
verb
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"
verb
Decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty" [syn: rule, find]
verb
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, find, obtain, incur]
verb
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"
verb
Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" [syn: recover, retrieve, find, regain]
verb
Succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrow found its mark"
verb
Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself" [syn: find oneself, find]
Definition of 'Find'
From: GCIDE
- Find \Find\, v. i. (Law) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Find'
From: GCIDE
- Find \Find\, n. Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by arch[ae]ologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Find'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Searching the window for a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- In woods and forests thou art found. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The torrid zone is now found habitable. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Seek, and ye shall find. --Matt. vii. 7. [1913 Webster]
- Every mountain now hath found a tongue. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money. [1913 Webster]
- Wages [pounds]14 and all found. --London Times. [1913 Webster]
- Nothing a day and find yourself. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To find his title with some shows of truth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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? [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'find'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- acquire,
- act on,
- afford,
- allot,
- approach,
- arouse,
- arrive,
- arrive at,
- arrive in,
- ascertain,
- assign,
- attain,
- attain to,
- awaken,
- bargain,
- be informed,
- be received,
- become acquainted with,
- become aware of,
- blow in,
- boast,
- bob up,
- bonus,
- boon,
- bring to light,
- bringing to light,
- broaden the mind,
- bump into,
- buried treasure,
- call up,
- casual discovery,
- catch,
- catch sight of,
- catching,
- chance discovery,
- check in,
- clock in,
- clothe,
- collect,
- come,
- come across,
- come in,
- come to,
- come to hand,
- come up with,
- command,
- conclude,
- condemn,
- consider,
- contribute,
- cram the mind,
- deal,
- decide,
- declare,
- decree,
- deduce,
- derive,
- descry,
- detect,
- detection,
- determination,
- determine,
- determining,
- diamond,
- dig up,
- discern,
- disclosure,
- discover,
- discovery,
- distinguish,
- distinguishment,
- donate,
- doom,
- draw a conclusion,
- draw an inference,
- encounter,
- endow,
- espial,
- espy,
- excavation,
- exhumation,
- experience,
- exposure,
- extract,
- fall in with,
- fetch,
- fetch up at,
- fill,
- fill up,
- find against,
- find for,
- find out,
- find out about,
- finding,
- finding out,
- finger,
- fix,
- foundling,
- fund,
- furnish,
- gain,
- gain knowledge,
- gather,
- gather up,
- gem,
- get,
- get back,
- get hold of,
- get in,
- get there,
- get to,
- give,
- glean,
- godsend,
- good thing,
- gravy,
- hit,
- hit town,
- hit upon,
- hunt down,
- identify,
- induce,
- infer,
- invent,
- invention,
- invest,
- jewel,
- judge,
- keep,
- lay,
- learn,
- learn about,
- light upon,
- load the mind,
- locate,
- locating,
- location,
- lucky strike,
- maintain,
- make,
- make a decision,
- make available,
- make it,
- make provision for,
- manage,
- mark,
- meet with,
- muster up,
- note,
- notice,
- obtain,
- order,
- pass judgment,
- pass sentence,
- pearl,
- perceive,
- pick up information,
- plum,
- point to,
- pop up,
- prepare,
- present,
- pride,
- pride and joy,
- prize,
- procure,
- pronounce,
- pronounce judgment,
- pronounce on,
- provide,
- provide for,
- pull in,
- punch in,
- reach,
- realize,
- reason,
- reason that,
- recognition,
- recognize,
- recoup,
- recover,
- recruit,
- rediscover,
- rediscovery,
- regard,
- remark,
- replenish,
- report,
- repossess,
- resolve,
- return a verdict,
- reveal,
- revelation,
- ring in,
- roll in,
- rouse,
- rule,
- rumble,
- run down,
- run to earth,
- scare up,
- secure,
- see,
- sentence,
- serendipity,
- set aside,
- settle,
- show up,
- sight,
- sign in,
- spot,
- spotting,
- stock,
- store,
- strike,
- subsidize,
- summon up,
- supply,
- support,
- take as proved,
- think,
- time in,
- trace,
- trace down,
- track down,
- treasure,
- treasure trove,
- trophy,
- trouvaille,
- trove,
- tumble to,
- turn over,
- turn up,
- twig,
- uncover,
- uncovering,
- understand,
- unearth,
- unearthing,
- utter a judgment,
- view,
- waifs,
- waifs and strays,
- win,
- windfall,
- windfall money,
- windfall profit,
- winner,
- yield