• Found

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈfÉ‘ÊŠnd/
    • Rhymes: -aÊŠnd

    Origin 1

    see find.

    Full definition of found

    Noun

    found

    1. Food and lodging, board.1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram Chapter , 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.

    Verb

    1. found

      (past of find)

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    Origin 2

    From Anglo-Norman founder (French: fonder), from Latin fundare.

    Verb

    1. To begin building.
    2. To start some type of organization or company.
      • 1913, w, Lord Stranleigh Abroad Chapter 4, “… That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. …”

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    Origin 3

    From Middle French fondre.

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
    2. (transitive) To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
      • MiltonWhereof to found their engines.

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    Origin 4

    Noun

    found

    (plural founds)
    1. A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

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