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Founder Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Founder? [n] a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" [n] a worker who makes metal castings [n] inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse [v] stumble and nearly fall; of horses [v] break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" [v] sink below the surface [v] fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Founder: beginner \| break \| cave in \| collapse \| fall flat \| fall in \| fall through \| father \| flop \| founding father \| give \| give way \| laminitis Related Terms \| Find terms related to Founder: abort \| ancestors \| apprentice \| architect \| artificer \| artist \| author \| be clobbered \| be destroyed \| be felled \| be lost \| be poleaxed \| be staggered \| be stricken \| begetter \| beginner \| break down \| builder \| capsize \| cave \| cave in \| collapse \| come to grief \| come to naught \| come to nothing \| conceiver \| constructor \| craftsman \| creator \| decline \| designer \| deviser \| die \| discoverer \| droop \| drown \| effector \| engenderer \| engineer \| establisher \| executor \| executrix \| fail \| fall \| fall in \| fall through \| falter \| father \| flop \| flop down \| flump \| flump down \| framer \| generator \| give way \| go down \| go downhill \| go lame \| go under \| grower \| have a mishap \| inaugurator \| industrialist \| initiator \| instigator \| institutor \| introducer \| inventor \| journeyman \| keel \| keel over \| lapse \| lower \| lurch \| maker \| manufacturer \| master \| master craftsman \| miscarry \| mother \| organizer \| originator \| overset \| overturn \| past master \| patriarch \| pitchpole \| planner \| plop \| plop down \| plump \| precursor \| prime mover \| producer \| progenitor \| raiser \| realizer \| run aground \| sag \| scuttle \| set \| settle \| settle down \| shaper \| sink \| sink down \| sink like lead \| sire \| slip \| slouch \| slump \| slump down \| smith \| somersault \| stagger \| stumble \| submerge \| submerse \| subside \| suffer a misfortune \| swag \| sway \| topple \| topple down \| topple over \| totter \| trip \| turn over \| turn turtle \| upset \| upset the boat \| wright See Also \| bell founder \| buckle \| change \| cofounder \| coloniser \| colonizer \| conceiver \| crumple \| fail \| flop \| foundress \| go down \| go off \| go under \| go wrong \| implode \| inflammation \| mastermind \| miscarry \| originator \| redness \| rubor \| settle \| sink \| skilled worker \| slide down \| slump \| stumble \| trained worker \| trip Founder In Webster's Dictionary \Found"er\, n. [Cf. OF. fondeor, F. fondateur, L. fundator.] One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows. \Found"er\, n. [From {Found} to cast.] One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. {Fonder's dust}. Same as {Facing}, 4. {Founder's sand}, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding. \Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foundering}.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See {Found} to establish.] 1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship. 2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. For which his horse fear['e] gan to turn, And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer. 3. To fail; to miscarry. ``All his tricks founder.'' --Shak. \Found"er\, v. t. To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him. \Found"er\, n. (Far.) (a) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh. (b) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See {Chest ffounder}. --James White.

Founder Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Founder?

[n] a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
[n] a worker who makes metal castings
[n] inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
[v] stumble and nearly fall; of horses
[v] break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
[v] sink below the surface
[v] fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"

Founder In Webster's Dictionary

\Found"er\, n. [Cf. OF. fondeor, F. fondateur, L.
fundator.]
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a
foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one
who endows.


\Found"er\, n. [From {Found} to cast.]
One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a
caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.

{Fonder's dust}. Same as {Facing}, 4.

{Founder's sand}, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of
   molding.


\Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foundered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Foundering}.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F.
s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See {Found} to
establish.]
1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.

2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.

         For which his horse fear['e] gan to turn, And leep
         aside, and foundrede as he leep.      --Chaucer.

3. To fail; to miscarry. ``All his tricks founder.'' --Shak.


\Found"er\, v. t.
To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or
limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.


\Found"er\, n. (Far.)
(a) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by
    inflammation; closh.
(b) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism;
    as, chest founder. See {Chest ffounder}. --James White.

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