founder
- n inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
- n a person who founds or establishes some institution
- n a worker who makes metal castings
- v fail utterly; collapse
The project foundered - v sink below the surface
- v break down, literally or metaphorically
- v stumble and nearly fall
the horses foundered
foundering
- n (of a ship) sinking
- v fail utterly; collapse
- v sink below the surface
- v break down, literally or metaphorically
- v stumble and nearly fall
founding
- n the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- v set up or found
- v set up or lay the groundwork for
- v use as a basis for; found on
founding father
- n a member of the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787
- n a person who founds or establishes some institution