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Type Words
Synonyms fall flat, fall through, flop
Type of go wrong, fail, miscarry


The project foundered.
Type Words
Synonyms laminitis
Type of rubor, redness, inflammation
Type Words
Synonyms break, cave in, collapse, fall in, give, give way
Type of change
Has types implode, flop, slump, go off, buckle, sink, break, slide down, crumple
Verb group abandon, burst, collapse, give up
Type Words
Synonyms beginner, father, founding father
Type of conceiver, mastermind, originator
Has types foundress, colonizer, cofounder, coloniser
Derivation found
Type Words
Type of skilled workman, skilled worker, trained worker
Has types bell founder
Type Words
Type of go down, go under, settle, sink
Derivation foundering
Type Words
Type of stumble, trip


the horses foundered.

Examples of founder

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In the background is a portrait of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism.
From the timesunion.com
Elizabeth Bewley is founder of Pario Health Institute, a health care think tank.
From the timesunion.com
Rather it has become a reef on which many of their electoral hopes will founder.
From the online.wsj.com
In the case of Bridgecorp, founder Rod Petricevic had a history of losing money.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Intelligent Marmalade founder Nick Moger says he wants to make safe driving fun.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Prof Hancox is the founder of Skylarks, a new choir for people with Parkinson's.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc. and father of the iPhone, has died at age 56.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Manor founder and co-owner Mary Rudolph says she fired the embezzlement suspect.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Motor City Blight Busters founder John George last owned a new car 25 years ago.
From the freep.com
More examples
  • Laminitis: inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
  • Fall through: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
  • Sink below the surface
  • A person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
  • A worker who makes metal castings
  • Collapse: 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"
  • An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a new enterprise, venture or idea and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome. The term is originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish economist Richard Cantillon. ...
  • Laminitis is a disease of the digital laminae of the hoof (foot of an ungulate). It is most well known in horses and cattle.
  • Internet Relay Chat services (usually called IRC services) is a name for a set of features implemented in most modern Internet Relay Chat networks. Services are automated bots with special status which are generally used to provide users with access with certain privileges and protection. ...