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English Dictionary: founder	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for founder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
founder n inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse Synonym(s): laminitis, founder a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" Synonym(s): founder, beginner, founding father, father a worker who makes metal castings v fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: {fall through}, fall flat, founder, flop] sink below the surface 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" Synonym(s): collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Founder \Found"er\, n. [Cf. OF. fondeor, F. fondateur, L. fundator.] One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Founder \Found"er\, n. [From {Found} to cast.] One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. {Fonder's dust}. Same as {Facing}, 4. {Founder's sand}, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Founder \Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Foundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Foundering}.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See {Found} to establish.] 1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship. 2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. For which his horse fear[82] gan to turn, And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer. 3. To fail; to miscarry. [bd]All his tricks founder.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Founder \Found"er\, v. t. To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Founder \Found"er\, n. (Far.) (a) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh. (b) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See {Chest ffounder}. --James White.