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1. Inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
   - laminitis
    
2. A person who founds or establishes some institution
   "George Washington is the founder of his country";
   - beginner, founding father, father
    
3. A worker who makes metal castings

1. Fail utterly; collapse
   "The project foundered";
   - fall through, fall flat, flop, go to the wall [informal], come to nothing
    
2. Sink below the surface
    
3. Break down, literally or metaphorically
   "The wall foundered";
   - collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break
    
4. Stumble and nearly fall
   "the horses foundered"

Derived forms: foundering, foundered, founders

See also: fall

Type of: change, conceiver, fail, go down, go under, go wrong, inflammation, mastermind, miscarry, originator, redness, rubor [rare], settle, sink, skilled worker, skilled workman, stumble, trained worker, trip

Encyclopedia: Founder