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To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.

To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.

Example: I found my car keys. They were under the couch.

(ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.

Example: Water is found to be a compound substance.

To gain, as the object of desire or effort.

Example: to find leisure; to find means

Food and lodging; board.

To start (an institution or organization).

To begin building.

To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.

To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.

A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.