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found⋅er

1  [foun-der]
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–noun
a person who founds or establishes.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME; see found 2 , -er 1
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foun⋅der

2  [foun-der]
–verb (used without object)
1. (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink.
2. to fall or sink down, as buildings, ground, etc.: Built on a former lake bed, the building has foundered nearly ten feet.
3. to become wrecked; fail utterly: The project foundered because public support was lacking.
4. to stumble, break down, or go lame, as a horse: His mount foundered on the rocky path.
5. to become ill from overeating.
6. Veterinary Pathology. (of a horse) to suffer from laminitis.
–verb (used with object)
7. to cause to fill with water and sink: Rough seas had foundered the ship in mid-ocean.
8. Veterinary Pathology. to cause (a horse) to break down, go lame, or suffer from laminitis.
–noun
9. Veterinary Pathology. laminitis.
Origin:
1300–50; ME foundren < MF fondrer to plunge to the bottom, submerge < VL *fundorāre, deriv. of *fundor-, taken as s. of L fundus bottom

Synonyms:
3. collapse, perish, succumb, topple, sink; flop.

found⋅er

3  [foun-der]
–noun
a person who founds or casts metal, glass, etc.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME; see found 3 , -er 1
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foun·der 1   (foun'dər)   
v.   foun·dered, foun·der·ing, foun·ders

v.   intr.
  1. To sink below the surface of the water: The ship struck a reef and foundered.
  2. To cave in; sink: The platform swayed and then foundered.
  3. To fail utterly; collapse: a marriage that soon foundered.
  4. To stumble, especially to stumble and go lame. Used of horses.
  5. To become ill from overeating. Used of livestock.
  6. To be afflicted with laminitis. Used of horses.
v.   tr.
To cause to founder.
n.  See laminitis.

[Middle English foundren, to sink to the ground, from Old French fondrer, from Vulgar Latin *funderāre, from *fundus, *funder-, bottom, from Latin fundus, fund-.]
Usage Note: The verbs founder and flounder are often confused. Founder comes from a Latin word meaning "bottom" (as in foundation) and originally referred to knocking enemies down; it is now also used to mean "to fail utterly, collapse." Flounder means "to move clumsily, thrash about," and hence "to proceed in confusion." If John is foundering in Chemistry 1, he had better drop the course; if he is floundering, he may yet pull through.
found·er 2   (foun'dər)   
n.  One who establishes something or formulates the basis for something: the founder of a university; the founders of a new nation.
lam·i·ni·tis   (lām'ə-nī'tĭs)   
n.  Inflammation of the sensitive laminae of the hoof, especially in horses. Also called founder1.
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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.

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.

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['e] gan to turn, And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer.

3. To fail; to miscarry. "All his tricks founder." --Shak.

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.

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.
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Language Translation for : Founder
Spanish: fundador,
German: der Gründer,
Japanese: 設立者
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founder  (v.)
c.1330, from O.Fr. fondrer "submerge, fall to the bottom," from fond "bottom," from L. fundus "bottom, foundation" (see fund (n.)).
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Main Entry: found·er
Function: noun
: one that founds or establishes: as a : one that establishes a foundation b : FOUNDING FATHER
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: 1foun·der
Pronunciation: 'faun-d&r
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: foun·dered; foun·der·ing /-d(&-)ri[ng]/
intransitive senses
: to become disabled; especially : to go lame founder transitive senses
: to disable(an animal) especially by inducing laminitis through excessive feeding

Main Entry: 2foun·der
Function: noun
: LAMINITIS
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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founder foun·der (foun'dər)
v. foun·dered, foun·der·ing, foun·ders

  1. To stumble, especially to stumble and go lame. Used of horses.
  2. To become ill from overeating. Used of livestock.
  3. To be afflicted with laminitis. Used of horses.
n.
See laminitis.

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