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Meanings of well-found in English

Having a full array of suitable equipment or furnishings.

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        Examples for "well-appointed"
        1
        These well-appointed three-bedroom top floor apartments come with particularly good quality fittings.
        The Irish Times
        2
        They stood in a large, well-appointed chamber, just the two of them.
        The Winds of Dune
        3
        The well-appointed barn may have running water, but the house has not.
        Mobilizing Woman-Power
        4
        Retirees in well-appointed motorhomes, oblivious to the traffic snarled up behind them.
        Radio NZ
        5
        His sumptuous, well-appointed table was placed in grandiose fashion at their disposal.
        Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 1
        Usage of well-found in English
        1
        She was, a sailor remarked, a good little sea-boat, sturdy and well-found.
        Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire
        2
        She was a fine vessel, and well-found with boats and gear.
        A Voyage round the World / A book for boys
        3
        Drake swooped on it immediately and took sixty well-found ships.
        Elizabethan Sea-Dogs: A Chronicle of Drake and His Companions
        4
        The Tigris was a very fast ship, besides being well-found.
        Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale
        5
        Altogether, a trim, well-found yacht which might have voyaged round the world without mishap.
        Swirling Waters
        6
        The "Starlight" was a well-found yacht, capable of weathering any North Sea gale.
        Swirling Waters
        7
        However, my explanation for making ten-year-olds run wind sprints was always well-founded.
        Sex, drugs, and cocoa puffs
        8
        Two weeks later, it's evident fears of a pandemic rebound were well-founded.
        News.com.au
        9
        I was appalled, firstly from timidity, secondly out of very well-founded modesty.
        A Time of Gifts
        10
        In some respects, this degree of confidence in the euro is well-founded.
        Reuters
        11
        The captain replied, that he was afraid his apprehensions were too well-founded.
        Old Jack
        12
        I'm not all that convinced as to how well-founded those fears are.
        The Irish Times
        13
        No doubt the missionary was right and my father's fears were well-founded.
        The Call of the South / 1908
        14
        Facts seemingly contradict facts, well-founded theories contradict other theories as well founded.
        The North American Indian, Vol. 1
        15
        They wanted to be off, and hoped Cora's observations were not well-founded.
        The Motor Girls Through New England; or, Held by the Gypsies
        16
        Some of their grievances with Barack Obama's twice-elected running mate are well-founded.
        The Irish Times