Meaning

• Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.

• The act of finding.

Meaning

• To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.

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

  "I found my car keys. They were under the couch."

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

  "Water is found to be a compound substance."

• To gain, as the object of desire or effort.

  "to find leisure; to find means"

• To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.

  "Looks like he found a new vehicle for himself!"

• To point out.

  "He kept finding faults with my work."

• (ditransitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.

  "I find your argument unsatisfactory."

• To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.

  "to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person"

• To supply; to furnish.

  "to find food for workmen"

• To provide for

  "He finds his nephew in money."

• To determine or judge.

  "The jury finds for the defendant."

• To discover game.