{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "faɪnd" ], "imgurl": [ "/var/www/html/blab/dic/img/find.jpg" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/find.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/find.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/find.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (UK)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/uk/find.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English finden, from Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną (compare West Frisian fine, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, German finden, Danish finde, Norwegian Bokmål finne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish finna), a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path bridge”), *póntoh₁s (compare English path, Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊), Sanskrit पथ (pathá, “path”)), Proto-Slavic *pǫtь." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "To locate", "submean": [ "(transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.\nI found this shell on the beach\n1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Searching the window for a flint, I found/This paper, thus sealed up.\na. 1667, Abraham Cowley, The Request\nAmong the Woods and Forests thou art found.", "(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.\nI found my car keys. They were under the couch.\n1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:I had occasion to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.\n1918, W B Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC: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.\n2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.", "(ditransitive) Locate on behalf of another\nI found you a new place to live" ] }, { "mean": "(ditransitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.\nWater is found to be a compound substance." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.\nto find leisure; to find means" }, { "mean": "(transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.\nLooks like he found a new vehicle for himself!" }, { "mean": "(transitive) To point out.\nHe kept finding faults with my work." }, { "mean": "(ditransitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.\nI find your argument unsatisfactory.\nc. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I find you passing gentle.\n1647, Abraham Cowley, The Request\nThe torrid zone is now found habitable.\n1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎:“ the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes And then, when you see , you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.\nto find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person\n1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :to find his title with some shows of truth" }, { "mean": "(transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.\nto find food for workmen" }, { "mean": "(transitive, archaic) To provide for\nHe finds his nephew in money.\n1871, Charles Kingsley, At Last: a Christmas in the West Indies\nNothing a day and find yourself.\n1892, W. E. Swanton, Notes on New Zealand\nthe pay is good, the musterer receiving ten shillings a day, and all found, all the time he is engaged on the \"run,\" even should he be compelled to remain idle on account of rain or mist." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, law) To determine or judge.\nThe jury finds for the defendant." }, { "mean": "(transitive, ball sports) To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.\nPeters finds Jinkins, who is running down the left wing.\n2011 January 25, Paul Fletcher, “Arsenal 3-0 Ipswich (agg. 3-1)”, in BBC:Van Persie scored a hat-trick against Wigan Atheltic F. C. on Saturday and should have found the net again after Bendtner found him at the far post but the Dutchman's header rebounded to safety off the crossbar." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, hunting) To discover game.\n1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin 2010, page 57:\nThey found at once, and there was a short sharp run, during which Linda and Tony, both in a somewhat showing-off mood, rode side by side over the stone walls." } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.\n2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Alarei:Shepard: How did you get these things to your father?Tali: Sometimes I left packages at secure drops in civilized areas. Someone on Pilgrimage would see that it was shipped home.Tali: For very valuable finds, I'd signal home, and Father would send a small ship." }, { "mean": "The act of finding.\n(Can we add an example for this sense?)" } ] }, { "name": "Further_reading", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "find in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. C. Merriam, 1913\nfind in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "추가_판독", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }