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verb

• To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.

• To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.

  Example: I found my car keys. They were under the couch.

• (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.

  Example: Water is found to be a compound substance.

• To gain, as the object of desire or effort.

  Example: to find leisure; to find means

• To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.

  Example: Looks like he found a new vehicle for himself!

• To point out.

  Example: He kept finding faults with my work.

• (ditransitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.

  Example: I find your argument unsatisfactory.

• To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.

  Example: to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person

• To supply; to furnish.

  Example: to find food for workmen

• To provide for

  Example: He finds his nephew in money.

• To determine or judge.

  Example: The jury finds for the defendant.

• To discover game.

noun

• Food and lodging; board.

verb

• To start (an institution or organization).

• To begin building.

verb

• To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.

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

noun

• A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.