'Found' definitions:
Definition of 'found'
From: WordNet
adjective
Come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department" [ant: lost]
noun
Food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked for $30 and found"
verb
Set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn: establish, set up, found, launch] [ant: abolish, get rid of]
verb
Set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" [syn: establish, found, plant, constitute, institute]
verb
Definition of 'Found'
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]
Definition of 'Found'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Found'
From: GCIDE
- Found \Found\, n. A thin, single-cut file for combmakers. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Found'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble, founded as the rock. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A man that all his time Hath founded his good fortunes on your love. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. --Matt. vii. 25. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- There they shall found Their government, and their great senate choose. --Milton.
- Syn: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See Predicate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'found'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assemble,
- author,
- base,
- bear,
- bed,
- beget,
- begin,
- blaze,
- blister,
- block out,
- bottom,
- brand,
- breed,
- bring about,
- bring forth,
- bring to effect,
- bring to pass,
- bring up,
- broach,
- build,
- build in,
- burn,
- burn in,
- burn off,
- carve,
- cast,
- cause,
- cauterize,
- char,
- chase,
- chisel,
- christen,
- coal,
- commence,
- conceive,
- confirm,
- constitute,
- crack,
- create,
- cupel,
- cut,
- deep-dye,
- define,
- develop,
- do,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- efform,
- embed,
- engender,
- engraft,
- engrave,
- entrench,
- erect,
- establish,
- etch,
- fashion,
- father,
- figure,
- fix,
- flame,
- float,
- forge,
- form,
- formalize,
- frame,
- generate,
- gestate,
- give birth to,
- give occasion to,
- give origin to,
- give rise to,
- grave,
- ground,
- hew,
- impact,
- implant,
- impress,
- imprint,
- inaugurate,
- incept,
- induct,
- infix,
- ingrain,
- initiate,
- inscribe,
- insculpture,
- install,
- institute,
- introduce,
- invest,
- jam,
- knead,
- knock out,
- launch,
- lay out,
- lay the foundation,
- lick into shape,
- lift up,
- lodge,
- make,
- materialize,
- mint,
- model,
- mold,
- occasion,
- organize,
- originate,
- oxidate,
- oxidize,
- pack,
- parch,
- pitch,
- plant,
- predicate,
- print,
- produce,
- put in,
- put up,
- pyrolyze,
- raise,
- realize,
- rear,
- rest,
- ring in,
- root,
- rough out,
- roughcast,
- roughhew,
- scorch,
- sculp,
- sculpt,
- sculpture,
- sear,
- seat,
- set,
- set afloat,
- set agoing,
- set in,
- set on foot,
- set up,
- settle,
- shape,
- singe,
- sire,
- solder,
- stamp,
- start,
- start going,
- start up,
- stay,
- stereotype,
- support,
- sustain,
- swinge,
- tailor,
- thermoform,
- torrefy,
- turn on,
- usher in,
- vesicate,
- vest,
- vulcanize,
- wedge,
- weld,
- work