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Definition of Founder
1. Noun. Inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse.
2. Verb. Fail utterly; collapse. "The business is going to founder "; "The project foundered"
Generic synonyms: Fail, Go Wrong, Miscarry
Derivative terms: Flop
3. Noun. A person who founds or establishes some institution. "George Washington is the father of his country"
Specialized synonyms: Cofounder, Coloniser, Colonizer, Foundress
Generic synonyms: Conceiver, Mastermind, Originator
Derivative terms: Begin, Found, Found
4. Verb. Sink below the surface.
5. Noun. A worker who makes metal castings.
6. Verb. Break down, literally or metaphorically. "The business is going to founder "; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
Generic synonyms: Change
Specialized synonyms: Go Off, Implode, Buckle, Crumple, Flop, Break, Sink, Slide Down, Slump
Related verbs: Abandon, Give Up, Burst, Collapse
Derivative terms: Cave In, Collapse, Collapse
7. Verb. Stumble and nearly fall. "The horses foundered"
Definition of Founder
1. n. One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
2. n. One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
3. v. i. To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
4. v. t. To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
5. n. A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.
Definition of Founder
1. Noun. One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows. ¹
2. Noun. (genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data. ¹
3. Noun. The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) Of a ship, to fill with water and sink. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To fail; to miscarry. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Founder
1. to become disabled [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Founder
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Founder
Literary usage of Founder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"_- the founder of Cures;1 and it shows the conception which the Latins and Sabines
had of the divine descent generally attributed by them to the hero to ..."
2. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"Servius as Servius Tullius, therefore, was considered the originator of founder
of ^e Roman commonwealth, and this conception was so far the Roman justified ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1856)
"If the founder legally could order the one,1 he could legally order the other.2 And
so we may say of the titles and privileges of the assistants and ..."
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