To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance
This is a feature under the Edit button on the browser When clicked on, the browser will look for the desired word(s) within the current document Most browsers offer a "find words in the page" feature
If you find a feeling such as pleasure or comfort in a particular thing or activity, you experience the feeling mentioned as a result of this thing or activity. How could anyone find pleasure in hunting and killing this beautiful creature? I was too tired and frightened to find comfort in that familiar promise
If you describe someone or something that has been discovered as a find, you mean that they are valuable, interesting, good, or useful. Another of his lucky finds was a pair of candle-holders His discovery was hailed as the botanical find of the century. see also finding, found
Button in Netscape Tool Button Bar at top Searches for word(s) keyed in document in screen only Useful to locate a term in a long document Can be invoked by the keyboard command, Ctrl+F
To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel
An operating system command that searches particular directories for files with specific attributes
This is a general term that may variously be interpreted as calculate, measure, or determine something
If you find yourself doing something, you are doing it without deciding or intending to do it. It's not the first time that you've found yourself in this situation I found myself having more fun than I had had in years It all seemed so far away from here that he found himself quite unable to take it in
To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff
If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go. After a while I pulled myself to my feet and found my way to the street
[ fInd ] (verb.) before 12th century. From Old English findan, from Proto-Germanic *finþanan (compare Dutch vinden, German finden, Swedish finna), a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pontHo- (compare Old Irish étain 'I find', áitt 'place', Latin pōns 'bridge', Ancient Greek póntos 'sea', Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan pantā (gen. paþō), Sanskrit pánthās 'path').