FOUNDERING

foundering, going under

(noun) (of a ship) sinking

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

foundering

present participle of founder

Noun

foundering (plural founderings)

The act by which a vessel founders.

Anagrams

• refounding

Source: Wiktionary

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FOUNDER

Found"er, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. fondeor, F. fondateur, L. fundator.]

Definition: One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

Found"er, n. Etym: [From Found to cast.]

Definition: One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. Fonder's dust. Same as Facing, 4.

– Founder's sand, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.

Found"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Foundering.] Etym: [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.]

1. (Naut.)

Definition: To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.

2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. For which his horse fearé gan to turn, And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. Chaucer.

3. To fail; to miscarry. "All his tricks founder." Shak.

Found"er, v. t.

Definition: To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.

Found"er, n. (Far.) (a) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh. (b) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder. James White.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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