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founder

('f/AU/nd/@/r )

inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse(noun.state)

Synonym:
laminitis

source: wordnet30
a person who founds or establishes some institution(noun.person)

Synonym:
beginner, father, founding father

source: wordnet30
a worker who makes metal castings(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.(noun)

source: webster1913
One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.(noun)

source: webster1913
A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.(noun)

source: webster1913

fail utterly; collapse(verb.social)

Example:
The project foundered.

Synonym:
fall flat, fall through, flop

source: wordnet30
sink below the surface(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
break down, literally or metaphorically(verb.motion)

Synonym:
break, cave in, collapse, fall in, give, give way

source: wordnet30
stumble and nearly fall(verb.motion)

Example:
The horses foundered.

source: wordnet30
To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.(verb)

source: webster1913

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