find

1. To locateExamples: "I found this shell on the beach."; "She arrived home to find that the house had gone up in flames."; "Searching the window for a flint, I found/This paper, thus sealed up."transitive

2. To locateExamples: "I found my car keys. They were under the couch."; "I went looking for you in the bed we share, but tonight I found you not there."; "It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant."transitive

3. To locateExamples: "I found you a new place to live"ditransitive

4. (ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment directed to an object or end.Examples: "Water is found to be a compound substance."; "The researchers found the two variables to be strongly correlated."ditransitive

5. (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.Examples: "to find leisure; to find means"; "And in thoſe dayes ſhall men ſeke deeth / and ſhall nott fynde hyt / ſhall deſyre to deye / and deeth ſhall flye frõ them."transitive

6. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.Examples: "Looks like he found a new vehicle for himself!"transitive