Main entry: founder, founding father, father, beginner
Definition: a person who founds or establishes some institution
Usage: George Washington is the father of his country
Main entry: founder
Definition: a worker who makes metal castings
Main entry: laminitis, founder
Definition: inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
Main entry: founder
Definition: stumble and nearly fall
Usage: the horses foundered
Main entry: founder, fall in, break, cave in, collapse, give, give way
Definition: break down, literally or metaphorically
Usage: 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
Main entry: founder
Definition: sink below the surface
Main entry: fall flat, fall through, flop, founder
Definition: fail utterly; collapse
Usage: The project foundered