Definitions for found
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Princeton's WordNet(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. foundadjective

   food and lodging provided in addition to money

   "they worked for $30 and found"

2. foundverb

   come upon unexpectedly or after searching

   "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"

3. establish, set up, found, launchverb

   set up or found

   "She set up a literacy program"

4. establish, found, plant, constitute, instituteverb

   set up or lay the groundwork for

   "establish a new department"

5. establish, base, ground, foundverb

   use as a basis for; found on

   "base a claim on some observation"

Webster Dictionary(2.67 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Found

   of Find

   Etymology: [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]

2. Found

   imp. & p. p. of Find

   Etymology: [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]

3. Foundverb

   to form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast

   Etymology: [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]

4. Foundnoun

   a thin, single-cut file for combmakers

   Etymology: [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]

5. Foundverb

   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

   Etymology: [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]

6. Foundverb

   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

   Etymology: [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Found

   pa.t. and pa.p. of find.—n. Found′ling, a little child found deserted.—Foundling hospital, an institution where such are brought up.

2. Found

   fownd, v.t. to lay the bottom or foundation of: to establish on a basis: to originate: to endow.—v.i. to rely.—ns. Foundā′tion, the act of founding: the base of a building: the groundwork or basis: a permanent fund for a benevolent purpose or for some special object; Foundā′tioner, one supported from the funds or foundation of an institution; Foundā′tion-mus′lin, -net, gummed fabrics used for stiffening dresses and bonnets; Foundātion-stone, one of the stones forming the foundation of a building, esp. a stone laid with public ceremony; Found′er, one who founds, establishes, or originates: an endower:—fem. Found′ress. [Fr. fonder—L. fundāre, -ātum, to found—fundus, the bottom.]

3. Found

   fownd, v.t. to form by melting and pouring into a mould: to cast.—ns. Found′er, one who melts and casts metal, as a brassfounder; Found′ing, metal-casting; Found′ry, Found′ery, the art of founding or casting: the house where founding is carried on. [Fr. fondre—L. fundĕre, fusum, to pour.]

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'found' in Written Corpus Frequency: #441

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'found' in Verbs Frequency: #551

Anagrams for found »

1. Fondu

How to pronounce found?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of found in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of found in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of found in a Sentence

1. Liwei Lin:

   Most of the robots at this particular small scale are very fragile. If you step on them, you pretty much destroy the robot, we found that if we put weight on our robot, it still more or less functions.

2. Isa Nichols:

   Normally an edit is a past tense process, cutting material that you’ve already shot. With this, a crucial creative element was coming in until we virtually locked the film. the things that they found out gave me more insight in terms of who this young man really was.

3. Matt Kuchar:

   I found some good stuff between seasons ... and then things really heated up in Mexico, i feel awfully in control of what I'm doing.

4. Carol Martin:

   She made me lunch; I kissed her goodbye to go to work. I came home early in the morning and found her passed away.

5. Buddha:

   You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. you yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

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