FOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does found mean? 

• FOUND (noun)
  The noun FOUND has 1 sense:

1. food and lodging provided in addition to money

  Familiarity information: FOUND used as a noun is very rare.

• FOUND (adjective)
  The adjective FOUND has 1 sense:

1. come upon unexpectedly or after searching

  Familiarity information: FOUND used as an adjective is very rare.

• FOUND (verb)
  The verb FOUND has 3 senses:

1. set up or found

2. set up or lay the groundwork for

3. use as a basis for; found on

  Familiarity information: FOUND used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Food and lodging provided in addition to money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

they worked for $30 and found

Hypernyms ("found" is a kind of...):

earnings; pay; remuneration; salary; wage (something that remunerates)

• FOUND (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come upon unexpectedly or after searching

Context example:

the lost-and-found department

Similar:

recovered (found after being lost)

Also:

saved (rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin)

Antonym:

lost (no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered)

• FOUND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they found    ... he / she / it founds   
Past simple: founded   
Past participle: founded   
-ing form: founding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Set up or found

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

establish; found; launch; set up

Context example:

She set up a literacy program

Hypernyms (to "found" is one way to...):

open; open up (start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

foundation (an institution supported by an endowment)

founder (a person who founds or establishes some institution)

founding (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Set up or lay the groundwork for

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

constitute; establish; found; institute; plant

Context example:

establish a new department

Hypernyms (to "found" is one way to...):

initiate; pioneer (take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "found"):

fix (set or place definitely)

appoint; constitute; name; nominate (create and charge with a task or function)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

foundation (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new)

founder (a person who founds or establishes some institution)

founding (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Use as a basis for; found on

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

base; establish; found; ground

Context example:

base a claim on some observation

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "found"):

build (found or ground)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

foundation (the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained)

foundation (the basis on which something is grounded)

 Context examples 

The afternoon was far advanced and the hot glare had softened into a mellow glow before we found ourselves at the police-station.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His research team found an overall drop in blood pressure among people who eat more chocolate.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

What the characters of the four sisters were we will leave to be found out.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

We talked for hours over single stanzas, and I found him reading into them a wail of regret and a rebellion which, for the life of me, I could not discover myself.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The horsemen would not believe him, and rode into the forest; there they found the giants swimming in their blood, and all round about lay the torn-up trees.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I turned, and found that he was examining with great interest the tree to which I clung.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The largest effects are found in the smallest and most isolated fragments of habitat.

(Shrinking habitats have adverse effects on world ecosystems, NSF)

He found books on trigonometry in the mathematics section, and ran the pages, and stared at the meaningless formulas and figures.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And the next day found them still running.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Dorothy found herself riding easily between two of the biggest Monkeys, one of them the King himself.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)