# found

Pronunciation: say "FOWND" /faʊnd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of find. — simple past and past participle of find
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of find. Use this form when the finding already happened.
   - _Rescuers found the missing hikers just before dark._
   - _The study found no link between the two treatments._
2. To start an institution or organization, such as a company, school, or charity.
   - Simple: To start an organization, such as a school, company, or club.
   - _Investors plan to found a research institute focused on clean energy._
   - _The monks founded the abbey in the ninth century._
3. To use something as a basis or foundation; to base one thing on another.
   - Simple: To build a plan or idea on something strong that supports it.
   - _The committee chose to found its recommendations on the latest research._
   - _He founded his whole career on a single early discovery._
4. To begin the construction of a building or other structure.
   - Simple: To begin building something, starting with its base.
   - _Medieval masons founded the cathedral on bedrock to support its enormous weight._
   - _Engineers chose to found the new terminal on rows of steel piles._
5. To cast metal objects, such as bells or cannon, from molten metal poured into a mold.
   - Simple: To make a metal object by melting metal and pouring it into a mold.
   - _Artisans founded the cannon in a single enormous pour._
   - _The shop still uses traditional methods to found church bells._
6. To melt metal or glass, especially in an industrial furnace.
   - Simple: To melt metal or glass in a very hot oven at a factory.
   - _The glassworks founds its raw materials overnight in a large furnace._
   - _Modern plants can found several tons of glass in a single day._

## Noun

7. Food and lodging; board.
   - Simple: Free meals and a place to sleep that come with a job.
   - _Farmhands in those days earned thirty dollars a month and found._
   - _The position at the lodge included found along with a modest salary._
8. The period when a furnace is at its hottest, during which a batch of glass is fully melted.
   - Simple: The time when a glass oven is at its hottest, so the glass can melt completely.
   - _The found ran through the night, and by morning the batch had fused into clear molten glass._
   - _Studio assistants monitor the temperature closely throughout the found._
9. A thin, single-cut file used by comb-makers.
   - Simple: A thin metal tool used to smooth and shape the teeth of combs.
   - _The comb-maker drew a found along each slot to finish the teeth._
   - _Her workbench held several founds of different widths for various comb patterns._

## Origin

**Meanings 2–4** — From Middle English "founden", from Old French "founder" (Modern French "fonder"), from Latin "fundāre". It is related to the word "fund".
**Meanings 5–6, 8** — From Middle English "founden", from Old French "fondre", from Latin "fundere". It is related to Spanish "fundir" and "hundir" and French "fondre".

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