ToBE #42: ind - ound - ounded

Find-Found-Founded
Bind-Bound-Bounded
Grind-Ground-Grounded

All of the above are causes for occasional confusion, aren’t they?

Find: To discover or to locate.
Found: Past tense of the above as in “Who found this defect?”

Found, however, has another meaning too and that is not in past tense.
Found: Establish, Set as in “Oberoi is going to found a trust for the under-privileged” => He is going to establish a trust.
Founded: Past tense of the above “found”, as in “Imran Khan founded a cancer hospital in memory of his mother”.

Likewise:

Bind: Can you bind this book? (tie)
Bound: He seems bound to his job. (tied)

Bound: His behaviour is beyond bounds. (limit, boundary)
Bounded: Bangladesh is bounded by India and Myanmar . (limited or has boundaries with)

Grind: Can you grind this rice for me?
Ground: The rice has been ground and it can be mixed with water.

Ground: If one more accident happens during take-off, we will have to ground the aircraft permanently. (keep on the ground or not let normal activity take place.)
Grounded: He has been grounded because he went home late last night. (Kept to home, normal activity restricted).