find

To locate

I found this shell on the beach.

She arrived home to find that the house had gone up in flames.

To locate

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

I went looking for you in the bed we share, but tonight I found you not there.

To locate

I found you a new place to live

To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end.

Water is found to be a compound substance.

The researchers found the two variables to be strongly correlated.

To gain, as the object of desire or effort.

to find leisure; to find means

And in thoſe dayes ſhall men ſeke deeth / and ſhall nott fynde hyt / ſhall deſyre to deye / and deeth ſhall flye frõ them.

Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.

One of the most exciting finds made by Chinese archaeologists within the last twenty years are the sites located in Inner Mongolia and Liaoning Province, particularly the Neolithic Hung-shan culture (c. 3500-2500 B.C.E.).

Shepard: How did you get these things to your father? Tali: Sometimes I left packages at secure drops in civilized areas. Someone on Pilgrimage would see that it was shipped home. Tali: For very valuable finds, I'd signal home, and Father would send a small ship.

The act of finding.