find/fined

find (fīnd)

Verb. _{^{found (found), find·ing, finds.}}

Verb. Transitive

• To come upon, often by accident; meet with.
• To come upon or discover by searching or making an effort: found the leak in the pipe.
• To discover or ascertain through observation, experience, or study: found a solution; find the product of two numbers; found that it didn't really matter.
• To perceive to be, after experience or consideration: found the gadget surprisingly useful; found the book entertaining.
• To recover (something lost): found her keys.

Verb. Intransitive

• To come to a legal decision or verdict: The jury found for the defendant.

Noun

• The act of finding.
• Something that is found, especially an unexpectedly valuable discovery: The Rosetta stone was a providential archaeological find

Fined (fīned)

Adjective

• Punished by the imposition of a penalty.