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Founder

Founder Meaning & Definition
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.

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