found

Etymology 1

See find.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of find

noun

1. Food and lodging; board.
   I'll only give you the usual payment—say five hundred dollars a year, and found." / "And—what?" / "Found—that is, board, you know, and clothing, of course, also. 1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009
   He moves north through small settlements and farms, working for day wages and found. 1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, page 5

Etymology 2

From Middle English founden, from Old French founder (Modern French: fonder), from Latin fundāre. Compare fund.

verb

1. (transitive) To start (an institution or organization).
   […] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. … 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
2. (transitive) To begin building.

Etymology 3

From Middle English founden, from Old French fondre, from Latin fundere. Cognate with Spanish fundir and hundir.

verb

1. To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
2. To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.

Etymology 4

noun

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