Definitions for the word "find" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. i.
To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archaeologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v.
(past and past part. Found) 1 a discover or get by chance or effort (found a key). B become aware of. 2 a obtain, succeed in obtaining; receive (idea found acceptance). B summon up (found courage). 3 seek out and provide or supply (will find you a book; finds his own meals). 4 discover by study etc. (find the answer). 5 a perceive or experience (find no sense in it). B (often in passive) discover to be present (not found in shakespeare). C discover from experience (finds england too cold). 6 law (of a jury, judge, etc.) Decide and declare (found him guilty). 7 reach by a natural process (water finds its own level). n. 1 discovery of treasure etc. 2 valued thing or person newly discovered. all found (of wages) with board and lodging provided free. Find fault see *fault. Find favour prove acceptable. Find one''s feet 1 become able to walk. 2 develop independence. Find oneself 1 discover that one is (found herself agreeing).
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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