noun.
Preterit and past participle of find.
To east; form into shape by casting in a mold, as metal or a metallic article.
To lay the basis of; fix, set, or place, as on something solid; ground; base; establish on a basis, physical or moral.
To take the first steps or measures in erecting or building up; begin to raise; make a beginning of; originate by active means: as, to found a city or an empire.
To make provision for the establishment of; originate by gift, grant, or endowment: as, to found an institution or a professorship by bequest.
To base one's opinion; rely: followed by on or upon: as, I found upon the evidence of my senses.
noun.
The operation of casting metal, etc.; the melting of metal or of the materials for glass, etc.
noun.
A three-sided, single-cut file, used in making combs.
To hasten; go (to get or seek something); strive.
A dialectal variant of fond, fand.