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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Founder \Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foundered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Foundering.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F.
     s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to
     establish.]
     1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
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     2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              For which his horse fear['e] gan to turn,
              And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer.
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     3. To fail; to miscarry. ``All his tricks founder.'' --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Founder \Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foundered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Foundering.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F.
     s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to
     establish.]
     1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
  
     2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
  
              For which his horse fear['e] gan to turn, And leep
              aside, and foundrede as he leep.      --Chaucer.
  
     3. To fail; to miscarry. ``All his tricks founder.'' --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  foundering
       n : (of a ship) sinking [syn: going under]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  foundering
     n.
     The act by which a vessel founders.
     vb.
     (present participle of en founder nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  foundering
     n.
     The act by which a vessel founders.
     vb.
     (present participle of en founder nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  foundering
     n.
     The act by which a vessel founders.
     vb.
     (present participle of en founder nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  foundering
     n.
     The act by which a vessel founders.
     vb.
     (present participle of en founder nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  foundering
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm f ounder ing)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Foundering /fˈaʊndəɹɪŋ/
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