found

found is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, noun, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Find. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. past tense & past participle. of Find
2. imp. & p. p. of Find.
3. transitive verb. To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.
4. noun. A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
5. intransitive verb. To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
6. intransitive verb. To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family.
7. noun. food and lodging provided in addition to money

   "they worked for $30 and found"

8. verb. use as a basis for; found on

   "base a claim on some observation"

   Synonyms: base, establish, ground

9. verb. set up or lay the groundwork for

   "establish a new department"

   Synonyms: constitute, establish, institute, plant

10. verb. set up or found

    "She set up a literacy program"

    Synonyms: establish, launch

11. adjective. come upon unexpectedly or after searching

    "found art"

    "the lost-and-found department"

Synonyms

base, establish, ground, constitute, institute, plant, launch

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in found:

fondu

Common word forms

founds, founded, founder, founding

Words from these letters

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