discovered
establish, institute, create, build; melt and pour into a mold (i.e. metal)
come upon unexpectedly, encounter; discover after much searching or hard work; get or discover a person or something that you are looking for; decide, rule, determine (Law); supply
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Found Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
imp. & p. p. of Find.
(v. t.)
To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.
To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.
(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.
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.
(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.
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.
(n.)
A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
found
\found\ (?), imp. & p. p. of find.
found
\found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. founded; p. pr. & vb. n. founding.] [f. fondre, l. fundere to found, pour.] to form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast. "whereof to found their engines."
found
\found\, n. a thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
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. i had else been perfect, whole as the marble, founded as the rock. a man that all his time hath founded his good fortunes on your love. it fell not, for it was founded on a rock. vii. 25.
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. there they shall found their government, and their great senate choose.
similar words(3)
lost-and-found
well-found
office-found
Adseilfanu = v. to found anew
Goseilio = v. to found
Sylfaenu = v. to found
Noun
1. food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked for $30 and found"
(hypernym) wage, pay, earnings, remuneration, salary
Verb
1. set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
(synonym) establish, set up, launch
(hypernym) open, open up
(derivation) foundation
2. set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
(synonym) establish, plant, constitute, institute
(hypernym) initiate, pioneer
(hyponym) fix
(derivation) initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration
3. use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
(synonym) establish, base, ground
(hyponym) build
(derivation) foundation
Adjective
1. come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"
(antonym) lost
(similar) recovered(p)
(see-also) saved
Noun
1. a productive insight
(synonym) discovery, breakthrough
(hypernym) insight, brainstorm, brainwave
(derivation) discover
2. the act of discovering something
(synonym) discovery, uncovering
(hypernym) deed, feat, effort, exploit
(hyponym) detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting
(derivation) discover
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) happen, chance, bump, encounter
(derivation) discovery, uncovering
2. 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"
(synonym) detect, observe, discover, notice
(hypernym) sight
(hyponym) find out, catch out
(verb-group) discover
(derivation) discovery, uncovering
3. come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
(synonym) regain
(antonym) lose
(hypernym) get, acquire
(hyponym) feel
(verb-group) recover, retrieve, regain
(derivation) finder
4. 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"
(synonym) determine, find out, ascertain
(hyponym) gauge
(verb-group) determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
(derivation) discovery, breakthrough
5. 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"
(synonym) feel
(hypernym) reason, reason out, conclude
(verb-group) rule
6. perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "I want to see results"; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"
(synonym) witness, see
(hypernym) experience, undergo, see, go through
(hyponym) catch
(derivation) finder, discoverer, spotter
7. 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"
(synonym) line up, get hold, come up
(hypernym) get, acquire
8. make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
(synonym) discover
(hypernym) gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise
(verb-group) discover
(derivation) discovery, breakthrough
9. make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
(synonym) discover
(hypernym) learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
(hyponym) rake up
(see-also) learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
(verb-group) discover
(derivation) discovery, uncovering
10. 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"
(hypernym) get, acquire
(verb-group) regain
11. decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
(synonym) rule
(hypernym) pronounce, label, judge
(verb-group) feel
(derivation) finding
12. 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"
(synonym) receive, get, obtain, incur
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) take
(verb-group) get, acquire
13. 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"
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(verb-group) witness, see
14. get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
(synonym) recover, retrieve, regain
(hypernym) get, acquire
(hyponym) access
(verb-group) regain
15. succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrrow found its mark"
(hypernym) reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
16. accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
(synonym) find oneself
(hypernym) mature, maturate, grow
Found Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Found may refer to:
- Found (Rossetti), an unfinished oil painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Found (band), an experimental pop band from Edinburgh, Scotland
- Found (novel), a young adult science fiction novel by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- "Found", an episode of
- Found Aircraft, an aircraft manufacturer based in Ontario, Canada
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Found Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
Found Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
The thumb and index fingers of the outstretched right hand grasp an imaginary object on the upturned left palm. The right hand then moves straight up.
