founder
2- (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.
- 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.
- Veterinary Pathology. laminitis.
Origin of founder
2Synonyms for founder
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abort, stumble, sprawl, collapse, misfire, lurch, trip, stagger, sink, submerge, fall, submerse, miscarryExamples from the Web for foundered
Contemporary Examples of foundered
And then it foundered for a while and someone else picked it up.
In 1972, Libya, Egypt, and Syria announce a “Federation of Arab Republics” that foundered after disagreements among the members.
As DreamWorks foundered, the animation division had to be split from live-action into a separate company.
Historical Examples of foundered
But after a skirmish or two, what with the roads and what with the enemy, our horses were foundered and useless.
Micah ClarkeArthur Conan Doyle
It was the second submarine I saw on the night she foundered.
The Cruise of the Dry DockT. S. Stribling
And yet, is it not taking to the raft before the ship has foundered?
BarringtonCharles James Lever
There she lay for two or three minutes before she foundered.
Danger! and Other StoriesArthur Conan Doyle
The other was more fortunate, and got clear just before we foundered.
KilgormanTalbot Baines Reed
founder
1- a person who establishes an institution, company, society, etc
Word Origin for founder
founder
2- (of a ship) to sink
- to break down or failthe 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
- vet science another name for laminitis
Word Origin for founder
usage
founder
3- a person who makes metal castings
- (in combination)an iron founder
Word Origin for founder
Word Origin and History for foundered
founder
early 14c., from Old French fondrer "collapse; submerge, sink, fall to the bottom," from fond "bottom," from Latin fundus "bottom, foundation" (see fund (n.)). Related: Foundered; foundering.
founder
"one who establishes, one who sets up or institutes something," mid-14c., from Anglo-French fundur, Old French fondeor, from Latin fundator, agent noun from fundare (see found (v.1)).
founder
"one who casts metal," c.1400, agent noun from found (v.2).
founder
(foun′dər)- To stumble, especially to stumble and go lame. Used of horses.
- To become ill from overeating. Used of livestock.
- To be afflicted with laminitis. Used of horses.
- laminitis