transitive verb found, finding find′·ing

1. to happen on; come upon; meet with; discover by chance
2. to get by searching or by making an effort find the answer
3. to get sight or knowledge of; perceive; learn I find that I was wrong
4. to experience or feel to find pleasure in music
5. 1. to get or recover (something lost) to find a missing book
   2. to get or recover the use of we found our sea legs
6. to realize as being; consider; think to find a book boring
7. to get to; reach; attain the blow found his chin
8. to declare after careful thought the jury found him innocent
9. to supply; furnish

Etymology: ME finden < OE findan, akin to Ger finden, Goth finthan < IE base *pent-, to walk, happen upon, find > L pons, a plank causeway, bridge

intransitive verb

noun

1. the act of finding
2. something found, esp. something interesting or valuable