/faʊnd/, /fʊnd/
- form-of, participle, pastsimple past and past participle of find
- transitiveTo 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. …””
- transitiveTo begin building.
- transitiveTo 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-wr”
“[…] being now out of print, I shall use the freedom to give an extract from it, and in an Appendix to this Pamphlet (No. II.), republish one of the Tables that Author refers to, which will shew the fa”
“His Heir of Line in 1785 claimed the Dignity of Lord Spynie, founding the claim upon the Charter of 1590, but it being certain that a Dignity of the Peerage of Scotland could not, at least in the reig”
- transitiveTo melt, especially of metal or glass in an industrial setting.
- transitiveTo form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
“Whereof to found their engines.”
- uncountableFood 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.”
“He moves north through small settlements and farms, working for day wages and found.”
- no-plural, transitiveThe period of time when a furnace is at its hottest; the interval in which the furnace is meant to fully melt glass.
- transitiveA thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.
Formsfounds(present, singular, third-person) · founding(participle, present) · founded(participle, past) · founded(past) · found(infinitive) · found(first-person, present, singular) · founded(first-person, past, singular) · found(present, second-person, singular) · foundest(archaic, present, second-person, singular) · founded(past, second-person, singular) · foundedst(archaic, past, second-person, singular) · foundeth(archaic, present, singular, third-person) · founded(past, singular, third-person) · found(plural, present) · founded(past, plural) · found(present, subjunctive) · founded(past, subjunctive) · found(imperative, present) · -(imperative, past) · founds(plural)