founder
foun
ˈfaʊn
fawn
der
dɜr
dēr
/fˈa‍ʊndɐ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "founder"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāϤāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ•

someone who starts or creates something like a company or organization
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He became well-known as the founder of the company.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāϤāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧁āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āϠ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύāĻžāχāϟāĻŋāϏ, āϖ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāĻš

a serious hoof condition that can cause lameness or even permanent damage
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Overfeeding can trigger founder in ponies and horses.
āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋ āĻĒāύ⧀ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύāĻžāχāϟāĻŋāϏ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĸāĻžāϞāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀, āĻ›āĻžāρāϚāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻž

a worker who casts molten metal into molds to create objects
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Skilled founders are essential in the production of engine components.
āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ āĻĸāĻžāϞāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϧāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to experience total failure or collapse, especially for a plan, business, or project
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His plan to start a new restaurant foundered due to poor funding.
āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρ āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stop functioning properly or fall apart physically, emotionally, or structurally
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her confidence foundered after repeated rejections.
āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ.
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āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to go under water, usually describing ships, boats, or heavy objects
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ship foundered off the rocky coast.
āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨ⧁āϰ⧇ āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻšā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to lose balance and falter while walking or moving
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The exhausted runner foundered just before the finish line.
āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻĢāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻļ āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇āϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϗ⧇ āĻšā§‹āϚāϟ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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