find

For the verb: "to find"

Simple Past:	found
Past Participle:	found

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
find/fʌɪnd/

▶verb (past and past part. found)

• 1 discover by chance or deliberately.

  ■ (find something out or find out about something) discover information or a fact.

  ■ succeed in obtaining: he's struggling to find the money for the trip.

  ■ (find someone out) detect someone in a crime or lie.

• 2 identify as being present: vitamin B12 is found in dairy products.

  ■ discover or perceive to be the case.

  ■ ascertain by research or calculation.

  ■ Law (of a court) officially declare to be the case.

  ■ (find against or for) Law (of a court) make a decision against (or in favour of); judge to be guilty (or innocent).

• 3 reach or arrive at by a natural or normal process: water finds its own level.

  ■ (find one's way) reach one's destination, typically without first knowing how to get there.

▶noun a discovery of something valuable or interesting, typically an archaeological one.

■ a person who is found to be useful or interesting.

– phrases
all found Brit. dated (of an employee's wages) with board and lodging provided free.
find one's feet stand up and become able to walk.

■ establish oneself in a particular field.

find it in one's heart to do [usu. with neg.] allow or force oneself to do.

– derivatives
findable adjective.

– origin OE findan, of Gmc origin.