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Noun founder has 3 senses
- laminitis, founder - inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
--1 is a kind of inflammation, redness, rubor
- founder, beginner, founding father, father - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
--2 is a kind of originator, conceiver, mastermind
--2 has particulars: cofounder; colonizer, coloniser; foundress
- founder - a worker who makes metal castings
--3 is a kind of skilled worker, trained worker
--3 has particulars: bell founder
Verb founder has 4 senses
- 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
- founder - sink below the surface
--2 is one way to sink, settle, go down, go under
Sample sentences:
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- 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:
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Somebody ----s
- founder - stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
--4 is one way to stumble, trip
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