find (fnd)
v.found (found),find·ing,finds
v.tr.
1.To come upon,often by accident; meet with.
2.To come upon or discover by searching or making an effort:found the leak in the pipe.
3.To discover or ascertain through observation,experience,or study:found a solution; find the product of two numbers; found that it didn't really matter.
4.
a.To perceive to be,after experience or consideration:found the gadget surprisingly useful; found the book entertaining.
b.To experience or feel:found comfort in her smile.
5.To recover (something lost):found her keys.
6.To recover the use of; regain:found my voice and replied.
7.To succeed in reaching; arrive at:The dart found its mark.
8.To obtain or acquire by effort:found the money by economizing.
9.To decide on and make a declaration about:The jury deliberated and found a verdict of guilty.All the jurors found him guilty.
10.To furnish; supply.
11.
a.To bring (oneself) to an awareness of what one truly wishes to be and do in life.
b.To perceive (oneself) to be in a specific place or condition:found herself at home that night; found himself drawn to the stranger.
v.intr.
To come to a legal decision or verdict:The jury found for the defendant.
n.
1.The act of finding.
2.Something that is found,especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery:The Rosetta stone was a providential archaeological find.
Phrasal Verb:
find out
1.To ascertain (something),as through examination or inquiry:I found out the phone number by looking it up.If you're not sure,find out.
2.To detect the true nature or character of; expose:Liars risk being found out.
3.To detect and apprehend; catch:Most embezzlers are found out in the end.
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dis·cov·er (d-skvr)
tr.v.dis·cov·ered,dis·cov·er·ing,dis·cov·ers
1.To notice or learn,especially by making an effort:got home and discovered that the furnace wasn't working.
2.
a.To be the first,or the first of one's group or kind,to find,learn of,or observe.
b.To learn about for the first time in one's experience:discovered a new restaurant on the west side.
3.To learn something about:discovered him to be an impostor; discovered the brake to be defective.
4.To identify (a person) as a potentially prominent performer:a movie star who was discovered in a drugstore by a producer.
5.Archaic To reveal or expose.
