English Online Dictionary. What means found? What does found mean?
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: found, IPA(key): /faʊnd/
- Rhymes: -aʊnd
Etymology 1
See find.
Verb
found
- simple past and past participle of find
Synonyms
- (past participle): discovered; repertitious (by chance or upon advice, obs.)
Derived terms
Noun
found (uncountable)
- Food and lodging; board.
Etymology 2
From Middle English founden, from Old French founder (Modern French: fonder), from Latin fundāre. Compare fund.
Verb
found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)
- To start (an institution or organization).
- To begin building. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To use as a foundation; to base.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (to start organization): establish
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to begin building”): ruin
- (antonym(s) of “to start organization”): dissolve, abolish
Derived terms
Related terms
- foundation
- founder
Translations
References
- Oxford Online Dictionary, found
- WordNet 3.1: A Lexical Database for English, Princeton University
Etymology 3
From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir, and French fondre.
Verb
found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)
- To melt, especially of metal or glass in an industrial setting.
- To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
Related terms
- confound
- foundry
- foison
- fusion
- morfound
Translations
Noun
found (plural not attested)
- (glassblowing) The period of time when a furnace is at its hottest; the interval in which the furnace is meant to fully melt glass.
Etymology 4
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
found (plural founds)
- A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.
Anagrams
- fondu