Lernwerd

found

//ˈfaʊ̯nd//

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for found

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Forms

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
found
past (v2)
founded
past participle (v3)
founded
present participle
founding
3rd person singular
founds

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
founds

Definitions

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.simple past and past participle of find

    • I found what I was looking for.
    • Tom found an old safe in his garage.
    • I found the very thing you had been looking for.
  2. 2.To start (an institution or organization).

    • I found what I was looking for.
    • Tom found an old safe in his garage.
    • I found the very thing you had been looking for.
  3. 3.To begin building.

    • I found what I was looking for.
    • Tom found an old safe in his garage.
    • I found the very thing you had been looking for.
  4. 4.To use as a foundation; to base.

    • I found what I was looking for.
    • Tom found an old safe in his garage.
    • I found the very thing you had been looking for.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.Food and lodging; board.

    • He moves north through small settlements and farms, working for day wages and found.
    • I'll only give you the usual payment, say five hundred dollars a year, and found." / "And, what?" / "Found, that is, board, you know, and clothing, of course, also.
  2. 2.The period of time when a furnace is at its hottest; the interval in which the furnace is meant to fully melt glass.

  3. 3.A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2951

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Related words

Etymology

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