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found (fo̵und)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

find

adjective

designating something displayed as a work of art (or presented as a poem) that is actually a natural object or ordinary man-made article (or a fragment of prosaic writing) found by chance, but considered to have aesthetic value

Etymology: ME funden < OE funden, pp. of findan

found Idioms

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Informal with room and board in addition to wages
also Chiefly Brit.all found
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found (fo̵und)

transitive verb

  1. to lay the base of; set for support; base a statement founded on facts
  2. to begin to build or organize; bring into being; establish to found a college

Etymology: ME founden < OFr fonder < L fundare < fundus, bottom < IE *bhundhos < base *bhudh- > Sans budhnáḥ, bottom

intransitive verb

Rare to be based (on or upon)
found3 definition

found (fo̵und)

transitive verb

  1. to melt and pour (metal or materials for glass) into a mold
  2. to make by pouring molten metal into a mold; cast

Etymology: ME founden < OFr fondre < L fundere, to pour, melt (metal) < IE base *ĝheu- > OE geotan, Gr cheein, pour

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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