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Food and lodging; board.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfaʊ̯nd/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfæʊ̯nd//ˈfaːnd//fʊnd/Northumbria
  1. Food and lodging; board.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

See find.

verb/ˈfaʊ̯nd/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfæʊ̯nd//ˈfaːnd//fʊnd/Northumbria
  1. To start (an institution or organization).

    transitive
  2. To begin building.

    transitive
  3. To use as a foundation; to base.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English founden, from Old French founder (Modern French: fonder), from Latin fundāre. Compare fund.

verb/ˈfaʊ̯nd/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfæʊ̯nd//ˈfaːnd//fʊnd/Northumbria
  1. To melt, especially of metal or glass in an industrial setting.

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

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir, and French fondre.

noun/ˈfaʊ̯nd/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfæʊ̯nd//ˈfaːnd//fʊnd/Northumbria
  1. The period of time when a furnace is at its hottest; the interval in which the furnace is meant to fully melt glass.

    no-plural · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir, and French fondre.

noun/ˈfaʊ̯nd/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfæʊ̯nd//ˈfaːnd//fʊnd/Northumbria
  1. A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.

    transitive
verb/ˈfaʊ̯nd/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈfæʊ̯nd//ˈfaːnd//fʊnd/Northumbria
  1. simple past and past participle of find

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

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