Find

n. something worthwhile which has been attained; discovery; procedure used to locate files in a computer system

v. come upon unexpectedly, encounter; discover after much searching or hard work; decide, rule, determine (Law); supply

The find program is a directory search utility, mostly found on Unix-like platforms. It searches through one or more directory trees of a filesystem, locating files based on some user-specified criteria. By default, find returns all files below the current working directory. Further, find allows the user to specify an action to be taken on each matched file. Thus, it is an extremely powerful program for applying actions to many files. It also supports regex matching.
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Noun
1. a productive insight
(synonym) discovery, breakthrough
(hypernym) insight, brainstorm, brainwave
(derivation) discover
2. the act of discovering something
(synonym) discovery, uncovering
(hypernym) deed, feat, effort, exploit
(hyponym) detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting
(derivation) discover
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) happen, chance, bump, encounter
(derivation) discovery, uncovering
2. 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"
(synonym) detect, observe, discover, notice
(hypernym) sight
(hyponym) find out, catch out
(verb-group) discover
(derivation) discovery, uncovering
3. come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
(synonym) regain
(antonym) lose
(hypernym) get, acquire
(hyponym) feel
(verb-group) recover, retrieve, regain
(derivation) finder
4. 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"
(synonym) determine, find out, ascertain
(hyponym) gauge
(verb-group) determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
(derivation) discovery, breakthrough
5. 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"
(synonym) feel
(hypernym) reason, reason out, conclude
(verb-group) rule
6. perceive or be contemporaneous with; "We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "I want to see results"; "The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"
(synonym) witness, see
(hypernym) experience, undergo, see, go through
(hyponym) catch
(derivation) finder, discoverer, spotter
7. get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
(synonym) line up, get hold, come up
(hypernym) get, acquire
8. make a discovery, make a new finding; "Roentgen discovered X-rays"; "Physicists believe they found a new elementary particle"
(synonym) discover
(hypernym) gestate, conceive, conceptualize, conceptualise
(verb-group) discover
(derivation) discovery, breakthrough
9. make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
(synonym) discover
(hypernym) learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
(hyponym) rake up
(see-also) learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
(verb-group) discover
(derivation) discovery, uncovering
10. obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"
(hypernym) get, acquire
(verb-group) regain
11. decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
(synonym) rule
(hypernym) pronounce, label, judge
(verb-group) feel
(derivation) finding
12. receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
(synonym) receive, get, obtain, incur
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) take
(verb-group) get, acquire
13. perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place; "I found myself in a difficult situation"; "When he woke up, he found himself in a hospital room"
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(verb-group) witness, see
14. get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
(synonym) recover, retrieve, regain
(hypernym) get, acquire
(hyponym) access
(verb-group) regain
15. succeed in reaching; arrive at; "The arrrow found its mark"
(hypernym) reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
16. accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
(synonym) find oneself
(hypernym) mature, maturate, grow

v. find, retrieve, come across, come upon, discover, discover after much searching or hard work; consider, believe

ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4
Marking the boat to locate a lost sword.
Said of a stickler who doesn't act according to changed circumstances. Taking measures without regard to changes in circumstances.

he2 pu3 zhu1 huan2
The return of Hepu pearls.
Referring to something that has been lost, and now returns to its rightful owner - or a person who returns to his native place after years of wandering far from home.

an4 tu2 suo3 ji4
Finding a fast horse according to a painting.
Originally meaning to follow conventions, now referring to someone who is looking for something via clues.