Definition of founder Founder

/fawˈndɚ/ - [fawnder] - found•er

We found 29 definitions of founder from 8 different sources.

What does founder mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: founders
founder - a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
		beginner, founding father, father
		conceiver, originator, mastermind someone who creates new things
		cofounder one of a group of founders
		coloniser, colonizer someone who helps to found a colony
founder - a worker who makes metal castings
		skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker a worker who has acquired special skills
founder - inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
		laminitis
Verb founders, foundering, foundered
founder - sink below the surface
		go under, go down, sink, settle be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"
founder - stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
		stumble, trip make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"
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"
		collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break
		change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
		implode, go off burst inward; "The bottle imploded"
		abandon, give up stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
		buckle, crumple fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"
		flop fall suddenly and abruptly
		break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
		slide down, slump, sink fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"
		collapse, burst lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed"
founder - fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
		fall through, fall flat, flop
		go wrong, miscarry, fail suffer a miscarriage

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Wiktionary

founder (Noun)
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows.
founder (Noun)
Someone for whose parents one has no data.
founder (Noun)
The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
founder (Noun)
One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.
founder (Verb)
Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.
founder (Verb)
To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
founder (Verb)
To disable or lame a horse by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
founder (Verb)
To fail; to miscarry.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

founder (n.)
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
founder (n.)
One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
founder (v. i.)
To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
founder (v. i.)
To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
founder (v. i.)
To fail; to miscarry.
founder (v. t.)
To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
founder (n.)
A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.
founder (n.)
An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

founder
A person that has founded or originated, as in ''the father of our country''

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

founder
fownd′ėr, v.i. to go to the bottom: to fill with water and sink.—v.t. to cause to sink: to disable by injuring the feet (of a horse).—adj. Found′erous, causing to founder. [O. Fr. fondrer, to fall in, fond, bottom—L. fundus, bottom.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

founder
The fall of portions of cliff, as along the coasts of Hampshire and Dorsetshire, occasioned by land-springs.
founder
To fill with water and go down.