| NOUN | state | founder, laminitis | inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | founder, beginner, founding father, father | a person who founds or establishes some institution | |
| person | founder | a worker who makes metal castings | |
| VERB | social | founder, fall through, fall flat, flop | fail utterly |
| motion | founder | sink below the surface | |
| motion | founder, collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break | break down, literally or metaphorically | |
| motion | founder | stumble and nearly fall |
| Sounds | faw'nder | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der... | |
| Meaning | inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | laminitis | |
| Broader | inflammation, redness, rubor | A response of body tissues to injury or irritation |
| Spanish | laminitis | |
| Catalan | fundador, laminitis | |
| Meaning | A person who founds or establishes some institution. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | beginner, founding father, father | |
| Narrower | cofounder | One of a group of founders |
| colonizer, coloniser | someone who helps to found a colony | |
| foundress | A woman founder | |
| Broader | originator, conceiver, mastermind | someone who creates new things |
| Spanish | fundadora, fundador, padre | |
| Catalan | fundador, pare | |
| Verbs | found | set up or lay the groundwork for |
| found | set up or found | |
| Meaning | A worker who makes metal castings. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | bell founder | A person who casts metal bells |
| Broader | skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman | A worker who has acquired special skills |
| Spanish | fundidor | |
| Catalan | fonedor | |
| Meaning | fail utterly; collapse. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The business is going to founder | |
| Example | "The project foundered" | |
| Synonyms | fall through, fall flat, flop | |
| Broader | fail, go wrong, miscarry | Be unsuccessful |
| See also | fall | Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind |
| Spanish | caer de plano, derrumbarse, fracasar, hundirse, irse a pique, malograrse, zozobrar | |
| Meaning | sink below the surface. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | sink, settle, go down, go under | go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
| Spanish | hundirse, irse a pique | |
| Nouns | foundering | (of a ship) sinking |
| Meaning | break down, literally or metaphorically. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break | |
| Caused by | collapse, burst | Cause to burst |
| Narrower | break | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves |
| buckle, crumple | Fold or collapse | |
| flop | fall loosely | |
| implode, go off | Burst inward / inward | |
| slump, slide down, sink | fall or sink heavily | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | abandon, give up | stop maintaining or insisting on |
| collapse, burst | Cause to burst | |
| Spanish | caer, ceder, colapsar, derrumbarse, desplomarse, desplomar, irse a pique, romperse | |
| Catalan | desplomar | |
| Meaning | stumble and nearly fall. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the horses foundered" | |
| Broader | stumble, trip | miss a step and fall or nearly fall |
| Spanish | dar un traspié | |
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