Lexic.us

Definition of Found

1. Adjective. Come upon unexpectedly or after searching. "The lost-and-found department"

2. Verb. Set up or found. "She set up a literacy program"

3. Noun. Food and lodging provided in addition to money. "They worked for $30 and found"

4. Verb. Set up or lay the groundwork for. "Establish a new department"

5. Verb. Use as a basis for; found on. "Base a claim on some observation"

Definition of Found

1. v. t. To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.

2. n. A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.

3. v. t. 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.

Definition of Found

1. Verb. (past of find) ¹

2. Verb. To begin building. ¹

3. Verb. To start some type of organization or company. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Found

1. to establish [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: establish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Found

fouler foulers foules foulest fouling foulings foully foulmart foulmarts foulmouthed

foulnesses fouls foumart foumarts found (current term) found fault found object found objects found out foundation

foundation's foundation garment foundation stone foundational foundationalism foundationalist foundationalistic foundationalists foundationally

Literary usage of Found

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Catherine, by some chance or other, found her spirits so very much relieved by this conversation, that she could not regret her being led on, ..."

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