found

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   come upon unexpectedly or after searching

   found art

2. 2
   noun

   food and lodging provided in addition to money

   they worked for $30 and found

3. 3
   verb

   use as a basis for

   found on

4. 4
   noun

   Food and lodging; board.

   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.

5. 5
   verb

   To start (an institution or organization).

   “[…] 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. …”

6. 6
   verb

   To use as a foundation; to base.

   Being left alone with him after they had dined, he obſerved, that however ſtrongly he was convinced of Zeluco’s being the writer of the letter, yet as he had had the precaution to diſguiſe his hand-writing, it would be fruitleſs to found any legal proſecution upon that circumſtance.

7. 7
   verb

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

   Whereof to found their engines.

8. 8
   verb

   set up or lay the groundwork for

Etymology

From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir, and French fondre.