Synonyms: founder, founding father, father, beginner
Definition: a person who founds or establishes some institution
Usage: George Washington is the father of his country
Similar words: originator, conceiver, mastermind
Definition: someone who creates new things
Synonyms: founder
Definition: a worker who makes metal castings
Similar words: skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker
Definition: a worker who has acquired special skills
Definition: inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
Similar words: inflammation, redness, rubor
Definition: a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
Synonyms: founder
Definition: stumble and nearly fall
Usage: the horses foundered
Definition: miss a step and fall or nearly fall
Usage: She stumbled over the tree root
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: founder
Definition: sink below the surface
Similar words: sink, settle, go down, go under
Definition: go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
Synonyms: fall flat, fall through, flop, founder
Definition: fail utterly; collapse
Usage: The project foundered
Similar words: fail, miscarry, go wrong
Definition: be unsuccessful
Usage: Where do today's public schools fail?; The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably