founder

Meanings

• inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
• a person who founds or establishes some institution
• a worker who makes metal castings
• fail utterly; collapse
  • "The project foundered"
• sink below the surface
• break down, literally or metaphorically
• stumble and nearly fall
  • "the horses foundered"

Synonyms

beginner, break, cave in, collapse, fall flat, fall in, fall through, father, flop, founding father, give, give way, laminitis