Found

Quick meaning: Found is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of find.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of find.

More Meanings

1. Food and lodging; board.
2. To start (an institution or organization).
3. To begin building.
4. To use as a foundation; to base.
5. To melt, especially of metal or glass in an industrial setting.
6. To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
7. (glassblowing) The period of time when a furnace is at its hottest; the interval in which the furnace is meant to fully melt glass.

Example Sentences

Whereof to found their engines.

He moves north through small settlements and farms, working for day wages and found.

“[…] 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. …”

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.

Word Forms

• founds
• founding
• founded
• foundest
• foundedst
• foundeth

Synonyms for found

Depending on context, synonyms include discovered, repertitious, establish, base, constitute, ground.

Antonyms for found

Common opposites include ruin, dissolve, abolish, lost.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include base, launch, set up, constitute, institute, establish.

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