founders
plural of founder
founders
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of founder
• fonduers, refounds
Source: Wiktionary
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
5 January 2025
(noun) an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
