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Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�nd�(r)|-a�nd�(r)
Noun
en-noun
- One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows.
- The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
#:Quotations
#:*1957: The term 'founder' was applied in the British iron industry long afterwards to the ironworker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation. — H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 161.
Translations
trans-top|One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author
Dutch: stichter m
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Kurdish:
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Spanish: fundador m
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trans-top|The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation
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Verb
en-verb
- Fill with water and sink.
#* 1719: w:Daniel Defoe|Daniel Defoe, w:Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe
#*: We were not much more than a quarter of an hour out of our ship but we saw her sink, and then I understood for the first time what was meant by a ship foundering in the sea.
- To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
- To fail; to miscarry.
Usage notes
Frequently confused with flounder. Both may be applied to the same situation, the difference is the severity of the action: floundering (struggling to maintain position) comes first, followed by foundering (losing it by falling, sinking or failing).
The meaning of the noun founder and verb founder are somewhat awry, the only thing in common being that they might both come to rest on rock, a good thing for buildings but a bad thing for ships.
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