Definition of found Found

/fawˈnd/ - [fawnd] - found

We found 23 definitions of found from 6 different sources.

What does found mean?

Noun Plural: founds
found - food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked for $30 and found"
Adjective found, founder, foundest
found - come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"
		lost not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din"
		saved rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin; "a saved soul"

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found (Noun)
Food and lodging, board.
found (Verb)
To begin building.
found (Verb)
To start some type of organization or company.
found (Verb)
To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
found (Verb)
To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
found (Adjective)
To come upon unexpectedly or after searching.

found (imp. & p. p.)
of Find
found
imp. & p. p. of Find.
found (v. t.)
To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.
found (n.)
A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
found (v. i.)
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.
found (v. i.)
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.

found
To use as a basis for.
found
To start some type of organization, company, city, etc.
found
To set up or lay the groundwork for.
found
To build the foundations of a construction.
found
To set up or found; to begin something, to undertake a plan, to give life to an institution, enterprise, etc.

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
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.]
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.]

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