Meaning of FOUND
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- [n] food and lodging provided in addition to money; "they worked for $30 and found"
- [adj] come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"
- [v] use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
- [v] set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
- [v] set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
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| | Synonyms: | | base, constitute, establish, establish, establish, ground, institute, launch, plant, recovered(p), set up |
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| | Antonyms: | | abolish, get rid of, lost | | |
| | See Also: | | appoint, build, earnings, fix, initiate, name, nominate, open, open up, pay, pioneer, remuneration, salary, saved, wage | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Found\,
imp. & p. p. of {Find}.
\Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Founded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Founding}.] [F. fondre, L. fundere to found, pour.]
To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to
cast. ``Whereof to found their engines.'' --Milton.
\Found\, n.
A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
\Found\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Founded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Founding}.] [F. fonder, L. fundare, fr. fundus bottom. See
1st {Bottom}, and cf. {Founder}, v. i., {Fund}.]
1. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something
solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis,
literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
I had else been perfect, Whole as the marble,
founded as the rock. --Shak.
A man that all his time Hath founded his good
fortunes on your love. --Shak.
It fell not, for it was founded on a rock. --Matt.
vii. 25.
2. To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or
building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to
begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to
found a family.
There they shall found Their government, and their
great senate choose. --Milton.
Syn: To base; ground; institute; establish; fix. See
{Predicate}.
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you found something, suggests that you are coming into contact with some aspect of your psyche or unconscious. You are recognizing a part of yourself that was previously repressed or undeveloped. Alternatively, it represents change.
Dreaming that you found someone indicates that you are identifying new facets of a relationship. You may be taking the relationship to a new level and/or direction. The dream may also be a metaphor for finding yourself. |
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