foundering

Definition of foundering in English English dictionary: present participle of founder; (of a ship) sinking
foundering regime: failing governmental system
founder: Someone for whose parents one has no data
founder: {i} establisher; originator; person who founds (institution, settlement, etc.); one who casts, one who molds; one who establishes a channel, one who gives authorization to operate a channel (Computers)
founder: {f} fill with water and sink; fall; fail; stumble; cause to sink
founder: The founder of an institution, organization, or building is the person who got it started or caused it to be built, often by providing the necessary money. He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty
founder: {n} a builder, former, caster, benefactor
founder: {v} to grow or make lame; sink, fail
founder: One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows
founder: an individual drawn from a source population who contributes genetically to the derived subpopulation
founder: To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship
founder: sink below the surface
founder: One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types
founder: 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"
founder: a worker who makes metal castings stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
founder: stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
founder: The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation
founder: An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder
founder: To fail; to miscarry
founder: One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows
founder: Of a set of uniparental replicators, their most recent common ancestor The oldest letter of a descent group Of a feature, the first letter that bore this feature Of a clone group, any member that is not a clone
founder: One of the twelve original magi who swore to abide by the Code and thereby formed the Order of Hermes, plus Pralix, the Founder of Ex Miscellanea
founder: one who originates or establishes a fraternity or sorority
founder: To sink
founder: To take on water and sink
founder: To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse
founder: inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
founder: To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him
founder: Fill with water and sink
founder: Refers to the individual who created or registered a #channel
founder: If something such as a plan or project founders, it fails because of a particular point, difficulty, or problem. The talks have foundered, largely because of the reluctance of some members of the government to do a deal with criminals. = fail. someone who establishes a business, organization, school etc
founder: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" a worker who makes metal castings stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered" sink below the surface
founder: When a vessel fills with water and sinks
founder: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
founder: Lord Baden-Powell is sometimes referred to as : the Founder"
founder: Refers to animals generated from genetically altered eggs or embryos, is, eggs microinjected with a transgene
founder: a worker who makes metal castings
founder: See Chest ffounder
founder: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
founder: A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh
founder: Term used to describe the detachment and rotation of the coffin bone that happens in severe cases of laminitis It causes severe Lameness
founder: {i} constitutor