found

Speech parts

1. found - Noun

2. found - Adjective

3. found - Verb

Derived from find

Meaning

of Find

imp. & p. p. of Find.

To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.

A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.

To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly.

To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

Found.

Synonyms

establish institute set up discovered ground launch detected constitute identified located form built established create base
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Antonyms

lost dissolve end close destroy abolish
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Hypernyms

open pay wage salary earnings initiate

Hyponyms

name build constitute appoint fix nominate

Phrases with the word

found wanting Found Object nowhere to be found Found guilty found family found out

Derivatives

founded founding

Anagrams

fondu UNDOF

Examples

- How can you believe in God? Have you seen your God? - I haven't actually seen God. But I have performed many brain surgeries, and when I opened the skull, I never saw a mind in there either. And I never found a conscience there either. Luke (Voyno-Yasenetsky)

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. Thomas Carlyle

Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. Isaac Newton

Happiness you pay for is to be found everywhere. Gypsy Proverb

Woe is he who claims to have found happiness. Persian Proverb

Some men will build a wine cellar when they have found just one grape. Lebanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

foulsmelling foulsome foumart found a home found art found at both polar regions