founder
Plural: founders
Noun
- inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
- a person who founds or establishes some institution
- a worker who makes metal castings
- One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
- A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
- The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
- One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
- A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.
Verb
Verb Forms: foundered, foundering, founders
- To become disabled; to sink or fail.
- fail utterly; collapse
- "The project foundered"
- sink below the surface
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- stumble and nearly fall
- "the horses foundered"
- To flood with water and sink.
- To fall; to stumble and go lame.
- To fail; to miscarry.
- To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
- To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
Examples
- a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types
- a founder population
- His Scrabble strategy began to founder after he used all his high-value letters too early.
- the founder effect
- The founder of Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French fondeur, from Latin fundātor, equivalent to found + -er.
Synonyms
beginner, break, cave in, collapse, fall flat, fall in, fall through, father, flop, founding father, give, give way, laminitis
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
founder: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfounder: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
founder: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary