foundered (verb)
1fall through — verb fail utterly; collapse The project foundered • Syn: ↑fall flat, ↑founder, ↑flop • Derivationally related forms: ↑flop (for: ↑flop) …
2fall flat — verb fail utterly; collapse The project foundered • Syn: ↑fall through, ↑founder, ↑flop • Derivationally related forms: ↑flop (for: ↑flop) …
3founder — ▪ I. founder found‧er 1 [ˈfaʊndə ǁ ər] noun [countable] ORGANIZATIONS a person who starts a new company or organization: • The company s founder and chairman, Charles Munch, has resigned. [m0] ▪ II. founder founder 2 verb [intransitive] …
4founder — [[t]fa͟ʊndə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ founders, foundering, foundered 1) N COUNT: usu with poss The founder of an institution, organization, or building is the person who got it started or caused it to be built, often by providing the necessary money. He was… …
5found|er — foun|der1 «FOWN duhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to fill with water and sink: »The ship foundered in the storm. 2. a) to fall down; stumble: »His horse foundered in the swamp. b) to be affected with laminitis. 3. Figurative. to break down; fail: » …
6Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …
7founder — I noun the founder of modern physics Syn: originator, creator, (founding) father, prime mover, architect, engineer, designer, developer, pioneer, author, planner, inventor, mastermind; literary begetter II verb 1) the ship foundered …
8founder — I UK [ˈfaʊndə(r)] / US [ˈfaʊndər] noun [countable] Word forms founder : singular founder plural founders * someone who starts a school, organization, business, or community one of the original founders of the Communist party in Britain II UK… …
9BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …
10talk — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 a conversation ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, little (often ironic), short ▪ I will have to have a little talk with that young lady (= tell her that I disapprove of sth). ▪ good …
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