to founder

Definition of to founder in English English dictionary: Someone for whose parents one has no data; {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); {f} fill with water and sink; fall; fail; stumble; cause to sink; 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; {n} a builder, former, caster, benefactor; {v} to grow or make lame; sink, fail; One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows; an individual drawn from a source population who contributes genetically to the derived subpopulation; To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship; sink below the surface; One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types; 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"; a worker who makes metal castings stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"; stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"; The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation; An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder; To fail; to miscarry; One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows; 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; 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; one who originates or establishes a fraternity or sorority; To sink; To take on water and sink; To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse; inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse; To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him; Fill with water and sink; Refers to the individual who created or registered a #channel; 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; 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; When a vessel fills with water and sinks; fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"; Lord Baden-Powell is sometimes referred to as : the Founder"; Refers to animals generated from genetically altered eggs or embryos, is, eggs microinjected with a transgene; a worker who makes metal castings; See Chest ffounder; a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"; A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh; Term used to describe the detachment and rotation of the coffin bone that happens in severe cases of laminitis It causes severe Lameness; {i} constitutor

to founder

Hyphenation

to found·er

Turkish pronunciation

tı faundır

Pronunciation

/tə ˈfoundər/ /tə ˈfaʊndɜr/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.