| founder | | |
| n. (state) | 1. founder, laminitis | inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse. |
| ~ inflammation, redness, rubor | a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat. |
| n. (person) | 2. beginner, father, founder, founding father | a person who founds or establishes some institution.; "George Washington is the father of his country" |
| ~ cofounder | one of a group of founders. |
| ~ coloniser, colonizer | someone who helps to found a colony. |
| ~ foundress | a woman founder. |
| ~ conceiver, mastermind, originator | someone who creates new things. |
| n. (person) | 3. founder | a worker who makes metal castings. |
| ~ bell founder | a person who casts metal bells. |
| ~ skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker | a worker who has acquired special skills. |
| v. (social) | 4. fall flat, fall through, flop, founder | fail utterly; collapse.; "The project foundered" |
| ~ go wrong, miscarry, fail | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
| v. (motion) | 5. founder | sink below the surface. |
| ~ go under, go down, sink, settle | go under,.; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
| v. (motion) | 6. break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way | 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" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ implode, go off | burst inward.; "The bottle imploded" |
| ~ abandon, give up | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" |
| ~ buckle, crumple | fold or collapse.; "His knees buckled" |
| ~ flop | fall loosely.; "He flopped into a chair" |
| ~ break | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves.; "The surf broke" |
| ~ slide down, slump, sink | fall or sink heavily.; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" |
| ~ collapse, burst | cause to burst.; "The ice broke the pipe" |
| v. (motion) | 7. founder | stumble and nearly fall.; "the horses foundered" |
| ~ trip, stumble | miss a step and fall or nearly fall.; "She stumbled over the tree root" |
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