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founder
1[ foun-der ]
founder
2[ foun-der ]
verb (used without object)
- (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink.
- to fall or sink down, as buildings, ground, etc.:
Built on a former lake bed, the building has foundered nearly ten feet.
- to become wrecked; fail utterly:
The project foundered because public support was lacking.
- to stumble, break down, or go lame, as a horse:
His mount foundered on the rocky path.
- to become ill from overeating.
- Veterinary Pathology. (of a horse) to suffer from laminitis.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to fill with water and sink:
Rough seas had foundered the ship in mid-ocean.
- Veterinary Pathology. to cause (a horse) to break down, go lame, or suffer from laminitis.
noun
- Veterinary Pathology. laminitis ( def ).
founder
3[ foun-der ]
noun
- a person who founds or casts metal, glass, etc.
founder
1/ ˈfaʊndə /
verb
- (of a ship) to sink
- to break down or fail
the project foundered
- to sink into or become stuck in soft ground
- to fall in or give way; collapse
- (of a horse) to stumble or go lame
- archaic.(of animals, esp livestock) to become ill from overeating
noun
- vet science another name for laminitis
founder
2/ ˈfaʊndə /
noun
- a person who makes metal castings
- ( in combination )
an iron founder
founder
3/ ˈfaʊndə /
noun
- a person who establishes an institution, company, society, etc
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- un·foundered adjective
- un·founder·ing adjective
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Example Sentences
After Monday’s conversation with the co-CEOs of Gensler, I talked yesterday with Matthew Lock and Simon Pole, founder and global design director of Unispace.
He will replace Jeff Wilke, a longtime lieutenant to founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos.
Contrast that with founders who conduct an initial coin offering.
It was almost exactly one year ago when Patrick Byrne, founder and CEO of Overstock, resigned abruptly.
While they haven’t set any kind of timeline for when they might have a working device up and running, the founders of Universal Quantum told the BBC they are confident the technical capability exists to build the machine.
Since then, the app has gained over 165,000 users in more than 70 countries, according to its founder.
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No Labels co-founder and Daily Beast columnist Mark McKinnon is also an investor.
Fulkerson, the founder of the magazine who has hired March, is someone he can cope with.
The founder of Pan Am, Juan Trippe, knew how business was done in the Caribbean.
Their founder named them Minimos Fratres, as a special indication of humility.
Who was it but its founder, that led the Conservative party through these successive stages of triumph?
In that year the founder of the firm, Mr. Thomas Cook, arranged with the Midland the first public excursion train on record.
Walter Mildmay, an English statesman, died; founder of Emanuel college.
Not so had the founder, Colonel James Skinner, treated the religions of the people among whom he lived.
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