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foundering

 
Noun foundering has 1 sense
  1. foundering, going under - (of a ship) sinking
    --1 is a kind of sinking
    Derived form: verb founder2
Verb founder has 4 senses
  1. fall through, fall flat, founder, flop - fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
    --1 is one way to fail, go wrong, miscarry
    Sample sentence:
    The business is going to founder
  2. founder - sink below the surface
    --2 is one way to
    sink, settle, go down, go under
    Derived form: noun foundering1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  3. collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder - 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 is one way to change
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  4. founder - stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
    --4 is one way to
    stumble, trip
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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