founder

/'faundə/

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Explanation of the Word "Founder"

Part of Speech: Noun and Verb

Summary:

In summary, the word "founder" primarily refers to someone who establishes something significant, like a company or institution. As a verb, it can mean to stumble or fail, particularly in a metaphorical sense.

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Noun

1. a worker who makes metal castings
2. a person who founds or establishes some institution
   • George Washington is the father of his country
3. inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

Verb

1. stumble and nearly fall
   • the horses foundered
2. 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
3. sink below the surface
4. fail utterly; collapse
   • The project foundered

Synonyms

• beginner
• founding father
• father
• laminitis
• collapse
• fall in
• cave in
• give
• give way
• break
• fall through
• fall flat
• flop