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foun·der (fo̵un′dər)

intransitive verb

  1. to stumble, fall, or go lame
  2. to become stuck as in soft ground; bog down
  3. to fill with water, as during a storm, and sink: said of a ship or boat
  4. to become sick from overeating: used esp. of livestock
  5. to break down; fail

Etymology: ME foundren < OFr fondrer, to fall in, sink < fond, bottom < L fundus, bottom: see found

transitive verb

to cause to founder

noun

laminitis

Etymology: < founderthe ,

founder2 definition

founder (fo̵un′dər)

noun

  1. a person who founds, or establishes
  2. founding father (sense )
founder3 definition

founder (fo̵un′dər)

noun

a person who founds, or casts, metals, glass, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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