found.
Food and lodging; board.
Meaning & usage
Food and lodging; board.
Where this word comes from
See find.
To start (an institution or organization).
To begin building.
To use as a foundation; to base.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English founden, from Old French founder (Modern French: fonder), from Latin fundāre. Compare fund.
To melt, especially of metal or glass in an industrial setting.
To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
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.
The period of time when a furnace is at its hottest; the interval in which the furnace is meant to fully melt glass.
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.
A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.
simple past and past participle of find
Where this word comes from
See find.
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