2. (noun)founder, beginner, founding father, father a person who founds or establishes some institution "George Washington is the father of his country"
3. (noun)founder a worker who makes metal castings
4. (verb)fall through, fall flat, founder, flop fail utterly; collapse "The project foundered"
6. (verb)collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, 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"
7. (verb)founder stumble and nearly fall "the horses foundered"
Definition of 'founder':
