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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
foun•der2 /ˈfaʊndɚ/USA pronunciation   v. [no object]
  1. Naval Termsto fill with water and sink:The ship foundered during the typhoon.
  2. to fail:The project foundered when its supporters quit.

foun•der1 /ˈfaʊndɚ/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]
  1. a person who founds:the founders of the republic.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
found•er1  (foun′dər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person who founds or establishes.
  • 1275–1325; Middle English; see found2, -er1

foun•der2  (foun′dər),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. Naval Terms(of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink.
  2. to fall or sink down, as buildings, ground, etc.:Built on a former lake bed, the building has foundered nearly ten feet.
  3. to become wrecked;
    fail utterly:The project foundered because public support was lacking.
  4. to stumble, break down, or go lame, as a horse:His mount foundered on the rocky path.
  5. to become ill from overeating.
  6. Veterinary Diseases(of a horse) to suffer from laminitis.

v.t. 
  1. Naval Termsto cause to fill with water and sink:Rough seas had foundered the ship in mid-ocean.
  2. Veterinary Diseasesto cause (a horse) to break down, go lame, or suffer from laminitis.

n. 
  1. Veterinary Diseaseslaminitis.
  • Vulgar Latin *fundorāre, derivative of *fundor-, taken as stem of Latin fundus bottom
  • Middle French fondrer to plunge to the bottom, submerge
  • Middle English foundren 1300–50
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged collapse, perish, succumb, topple, sink; flop.
found•er3  (foun′dər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person who founds or casts metal, glass, etc.
  • 1175–1225; Middle English; see found3, -er1

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
founder / ˈfaʊndə/
  1. a person who establishes an institution, company, society, etc
Etymology: 14th Century: see found2
founder / ˈfaʊndə/ (intransitive)
  1. (of a ship) to sink
  2. to break down or fail: the project foundered
  3. to sink into or become stuck in soft ground
  4. to fall in or give way; collapse
  5. (of a horse) to stumble or go lame
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French fondrer to submerge, from Latin fundus bottom; see found2USAGE
Founder is sometimes wrongly used where flounder is meant: this unexpected turn of events left him floundering (not foundering)
founder / ˈfaʊndə/
  1. a person who makes metal castings
  2. (in combination): an iron founder
Etymology: 15th Century: see found3
'founder member' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Belgium - Danton - Hamburg - Klee - Luxembourg - Netherlands - Odets

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