n. | 1. | One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows. | ||||||
1. | One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster;
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v. i. | 1. | (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship. | ||||||
2. | To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. | |||||||
3. | To fail; to miscarry. | |||||||
v. t. | 1. | To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him. | ||||||
n. | 1. | (Far.) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh. |
Noun | 1. | founder - inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse Synonyms: laminitis |
2. | founder - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" | |
3. | founder - a worker who makes metal castings | |
Verb | 1. | founder - fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" |
2. | founder - sink below the surface | |
3. | founder - 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" | |
4. | founder - stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered" |