definition of
find

[1] #1 find v. [happen, chance, bump, encounter] come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day". wn

[2] #2 find v. [detect, observe, discover, notice] discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint". wn

[3] #3 find v. [regain] come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!". wn

[4] #4 find v. [determine, find out, ascertain] establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize". wn

[5] #5 find v. [feel] come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining". wn