Found 3 items, similar to Foundered.
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Definition: founder
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: founder
founder
n 1: inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof
to the foot of a horse [syn:
laminitis]
2: a person who founds or establishes some institution;
“George
Washington is the father of his country” [syn:
beginner,
founding father,
father]
3: a worker who makes metal castings
v 1: fail utterly; collapse;
“The project foundered” [syn:
fall through
,
fall flat,
flop]
2: sink below the surface
3: 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” [syn:
collapse,
fall in,
cave in,
give,
give way,
break]
4: stumble and nearly fall;
“the horses foundered”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Foundered
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.
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2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
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For which his horse fear['e] gan to turn,
And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer.
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3. To fail; to miscarry.
“All his tricks founder.” --Shak.
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