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

  Founder \Found"er\, n. [From Found to cast.]
     One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a
     caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Fonder's dust. Same as Facing, 4.
  
     Founder's sand, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of
        molding.
        [1913 Webster]

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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To fail; to miscarry. ``All his tricks founder.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Founder \Found"er\, v. t.
     To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or
     limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Founder \Found"er\, n. (Far.)
     (a) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by
         inflammation; closh.
     (b) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism;
         as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder. --James White.
         [1913 Webster]

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

  Founder \Found"er\, n. [Cf. OF. fondeor, F. fondateur, L.
     fundator.]
     One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a
     foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one
     who endows.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Founder \Found"er\, v. t.
     To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or
     limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Founder \Found"er\, n. (Far.)
     (a) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by
         inflammation; closh.
     (b) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism;
         as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder. --James White.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Founder \Found"er\, n. [Cf. OF. fondeor, F. fondateur, L.
     fundator.]
     One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a
     foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one
     who endows.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Founder \Found"er\, n. [From Found to cast.]
     One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a
     caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
  
     Fonder's dust. Same as Facing, 4.
  
     Founder's sand, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of
        molding.

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 ]

  founder
       n 1: inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof
            to the foot of a horse [syn: laminitis]
       2: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George
          Washington is the father of his country" [syn: beginner,
           founding father, father]
       3: a worker who makes metal castings
       v 1: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" [syn: fall
            through, fall flat, flop]
       2: sink below the surface
       3: break down, literally or metaphorically; "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" [syn: collapse,
           fall in, cave in, give, give way, break]
       4: stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"

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

  founder
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (''για ένα σχέδιο'') αποτυγχάνω
     2 (''για πλοίο'') γεμίζω με νερά και βυθίζομαι
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (''για ένα σχέδιο'') αποτυγχάνω
     2 (''για πλοίο'') γεμίζω με νερά και βυθίζομαι

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

  founder
     Old French vb.
     (lb fro late Anglo-Norman) (alternative spelling of fro funder)

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

  founder
     n.
     1 One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company,
  project, organisation, state).
     2 (lb en genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data.
     n.
     The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting
  operation.
     n.
     (lb en veterinary medicine) A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by
  untreated internal inflammation in the hoof.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive of a ship) To flood with water and sink.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.
     4 (lb en transitive archaic nautical) To cause to flood and sink, as
  a ship.
     5 (lb en transitive) To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal
  inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.

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

  founder
     Old French vb.
     (lb fro late Anglo-Norman) (alternative spelling of fro funder)

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

  founder
     Old French vb.
     (lb fro late Anglo-Norman) (alternative spelling of fro funder)

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

  founder
     Englanti n.
     1 perustaja
     2 valaja (metallityöläinen)
     3 kaviokuumeen aiheuttama hevosen kavion säleiden irtoaminen
  toisistaan
     Englanti vb.
     1 (''laivasta'') upota
     2 (yhteys kuvaannollinen k=en) epäonnistua, kariutua

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

  founder
     Engelska n.
     grundare

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

  Founder /fˈaʊndə/
  المؤسس

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  founder //ˈfaʊn.də// //ˈfaʊn.dɚ// 
  1. основа́тел, основа́телка, основополо́жник, основополо́жничка, учреди́тел, учреди́телка
  one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author
  2. леяр
  worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  founder //ˈfaʊn.də// //ˈfaʊn.dɚ// 
  1. претърпявам неуспех, провалям се
  to fail
  2. потапям, потопявам
  to sink
  3. окуцявам, препъвам се
  to stumble

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/ 
  zakladatel

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/
  propadnout se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/
  zhroutit se

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/
  Begründer , Begründerin , Gründer , Gründerin 
        "co-founder"  - Mitbegründer, Mitgründer
   see: founders, foundress
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/
  Gießer , Gießerin 
     Synonyms: caster, moulder, molder
  
   see: casters, founders, moulders, molders
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/
  Stifter , Stifterin 
   see: founders
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/ 
  sinken, untergehen 
   see: foundering, foundered
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/ 
  straucheln, stürzen 
   see: foundering, foundered
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/
  
  ναυαγώ, φουντάρω, ιδρυτής

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  founder //ˈfaʊn.də// //ˈfaʊn.dɚ// 
  1. perustaja
  one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author
  2. kantaisä, kantaäiti
  someone for whose parents one has no data
  3. valaja, valuri
  one who casts metals in various forms
  4. sulattaja
  worker in charge of the blast furnace and smelting
  5. kaviokuume
  disease of hoof

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  founder //ˈfaʊn.də// //ˈfaʊn.dɚ// 
  1. epäonnistua
  to fail
  2. upota
  to sink
  3. kompastua
  to stumble

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/ 
  1. असफल~हो~जाना
        "The project foundered because of lack of proper planning."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/ 
  1. संस्थापक
        "He is the founder of the party."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/
  osnivač, osnivača, osnivački, utemeljitelja

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/
  1. patagyulladás
  2. öntômunkás
  3. olvasztár
  4. olvasztómunkás
  5. öntô-
  6. alapító
  7. adományozó
  8. mellkasgyulladás

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  founder //ˈfaʊn.də// //ˈfaʊn.dɚ// 
  創立者, 創設者, 設立者
  one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  founder //ˈfaʊn.də// //ˈfaʊn.dɚ// 
  沈没する
  to sink

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  founder /ˈfaʊndə/
  I.    fundator, założyciel
  II.   1.  zawodzić, nie powodzić się
   2.  tonąć, iść pod wodę

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/ 
  fundador

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  founder //ˈfaʊn.də// //ˈfaʊn.dɚ// 
  grundare
  one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  founder //ˈfaʊn.də// //ˈfaʊn.dɚ// 
  kantra
  to sink

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/
  1. (den) su dolup batmak
  2. batırmak: batmak, iflâs etmek
  3. çökmek
  4. sakatlanmak (at)

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  founder /fˈaʊndə/
  1. (bayt.) atlarda görülen tırnak iltihabı.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfaʊndɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  132 Moby Thesaurus words for "founder":
     abort, ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author,
     be clobbered, be destroyed, be felled, be lost, be poleaxed,
     be staggered, be stricken, begetter, beginner, break down, builder,
     capsize, cave, cave in, collapse, come to grief, come to naught,
     come to nothing, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator,
     decline, designer, deviser, die, discoverer, droop, drown,
     effector, engenderer, engineer, establisher, executor, executrix,
     fail, fall, fall in, fall through, falter, father, flop, flop down,
     flump, flump down, framer, generator, give way, go down,
     go downhill, go lame, go under, grower, have a mishap, inaugurator,
     industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor, introducer,
     inventor, journeyman, keel, keel over, lapse, lower, lurch, maker,
     manufacturer, master, master craftsman, miscarry, mother,
     organizer, originator, overset, overturn, past master, patriarch,
     pitchpole, planner, plop, plop down, plump, precursor, prime mover,
     producer, progenitor, raiser, realizer, run aground, sag, scuttle,
     set, settle, settle down, shaper, sink, sink down, sink like lead,
     sire, slip, slouch, slump, slump down, smith, somersault, stagger,
     stumble, submerge, submerse, subside, suffer a misfortune, swag,
     sway, topple, topple down, topple over, totter, trip, turn over,
     turn turtle, upset, upset the boat, wright
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 创立者,建立者;
  v. 弄摔倒,弄跛,浸水;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 创立者,建立者
     vt. 弄摔倒,弄跛,浸水,破坏
     vi. 摔到,变跛,倒塌,失败

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