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

1. found(adj)

   food and lodging provided in addition to money

   "they worked for $30 and found"

2. found(verb)

   come upon unexpectedly or after searching

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

3. establish, set up, found, launch(verb)

   set up or found

   "She set up a literacy program"

4. establish, found, plant, constitute, institute(verb)

   set up or lay the groundwork for

   "establish a new department"

5. establish, base, ground, found(verb)

   use as a basis for; found on

   "base a claim on some observation"

Webster Dictionary(2.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Found

   of Find

2. Found

   imp. & p. p. of Find

3. Found(verb)

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

4. Found(noun)

   a thin, single-cut file for combmakers

5. Found(verb)

   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

6. Found(verb)

   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

Origin: [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

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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. Gustave Nzeng:

   We have found two bodies.

2. Lower Lopez:

   We also found human remains.

3. Loretta Lynch:

   A lost treasure has been found.

4. Rob Ruetschele:

   I dove in the night I found it.

5. Benjamin Franklin:

   Lost time is never found again.

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