found
See also: Found.
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: found, IPA(key): /faʊnd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aʊnd
Etymology 1
See find.
Verb
found
- simple past tense and past participle of find
Synonyms
- (past participle): discovered; repertitious (by chance or upon advice, obs.)
Derived terms
- all found
- found art
- found footage
- found literature
- found money
- found music
- found object
- found-on
- found poetry
- found sound
- lost and found
- newfound
- unfound
- well-found
Noun
found (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Food and lodging; board.
- 1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:
- 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.
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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)
- (transitive) To start (an institution or organization).
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- “ […] 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. …”
- (transitive) To begin building. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Conjugation
Conjugation of found
infinitive | (to) found | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | found | founded | |
2nd-person singular | found, foundest† | founded, foundedst† | |
3rd-person singular | founds, foundeth† | founded | |
plural | found | ||
subjunctive | found | founded | |
imperative | found | — | |
participles | founding | founded |
†Archaic or obsolete.
Synonyms
- (to start organization): establish
Antonyms
- (to begin building): ruin
- (to start organization): dissolve, abolish
Derived terms
- new-founded
Related terms
- foundation
- founder
Translations
to start an organization
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to begin building
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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.
Verb
found (third-person singular simple present founds, present participle founding, simple past and past participle founded) (transitive)
- To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
- To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- Whereof to found their engines.
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Related terms
- confound
- foundry
- foison
- fusion
Translations
melt — see melt
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