found

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ADJ.

asleep, empty, fast, young

We found the house empty when we arrived to move in.

VERB + FOUND

return

When I returned home, I found my keys on the kitchen counter.

FOUND + NOUN

daughter, engines, failure, men, myself, restaurant, solution, thing

I found a wonderful Italian restaurant near the train station last weekend.

PREP.

in, on, out

I found out that my flight was cancelled when I checked my email this morning.

ADV.

ever

I've ever found such a delicious homemade cake at any bakery in town before.

Definitions

noun

1

Food 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.

verb

1

To 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. …”

2

To begin building.

3

To 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-writing, it would be fruitleſs to found any legal proſecution upon that circumſtance.

[…] 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 facts he founded his reasoning upon, and the nature of the deductions which were the result of his researches.

verb

1

To melt, especially of metal or glass in an industrial setting.

2

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

Whereof to found their engines.

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Synonyms

verb — use as a basis for

verb — set up or lay the groundwork for

verb — set up or found

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

nowhere to be found

not present; missing or lost.

And despite Platt’s impressive vocals, the magic he brought to his stage performance (and to so much of his previous screen work) is nowhere to be found here.

look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

To look very disappointed.

look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence

To look annoyed or displeased.

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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.

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He moves north through small settlements and farms, working for day wages and found.

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03

“[…] 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. …”

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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

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[…] 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

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06

Whereof to found their engines.

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Idioms & Phrases

nowhere to be found

look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence

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