[
UK
/fˈaʊnd/
]
[ US /ˈfaʊnd/ ]
[ US /ˈfaʊnd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
come upon unexpectedly or after searching
found art
the lost-and-found department
NOUN
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food and lodging provided in addition to money
they worked for $30 and found
VERB
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set up or found
She set up a literacy program -
use as a basis for; found on
base a claim on some observation -
set up or lay the groundwork for
establish a new department
How To Use found In A Sentence
- Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.
- The right back found himself in unfamiliar territory in the opposing penalty area after a swift exchange of passes that opened up Reading's defence. Times, Sunday Times
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- Chlorophyll is only one of several pigments found in plants, but it is by far the most important.
- Their prayers were answered and the child was found safe and well.
- By adding the chlorides of strontian, uranium, potassium, sodium, iron, or copper to the liquid, various effects may be produced, and these bodies will be found to produce the same color on the plate that their flame gives to alcohol. American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype
- Here's the good news: When you bring what I call unconditional presence to the trance of fear, you create the foundation for true spiritual awakening. Undefined
- A damning indictment for a Paul Bartel film, Lust in the Dust is found guilty of being bland and lame.
- Brigalow vegetation is found to the east, and gidgee (A. cambagei) woodlands or shrublands are scattered across the region on alluvium or other more fertile clay soils. Eastern Australia mulga shrublands
- McGill University, however, has found a way to increase access to its rare books - thanks to a lot of grant money and one badass digital camera.