Founder
21founder — I. /ˈfaʊndə / (say fownduh) noun someone who founds or establishes. {found2 + er1} –foundress, feminine noun II. /ˈfaʊndə / (say fownduh) verb (i) 1. to fill with water and sink, as a ship. 2. to fall or sink down, as buildings, ground, etc. 3.… …
22founder — [13] Etymologically, founder means ‘sink to the bottom’. Its history can be traced back to Latin fundus ‘bottom’ (source also of English found ‘establish’, fund, and fundamental), which formed the basis of a Vulgar Latin verb *fundorāre. This… …
23founder — 1. n. a person who founds an institution. Derivatives: foundership n. 2. v. & n. v. 1 a intr. (of a ship) fill with water and sink. b tr. cause (a ship) to founder. 2 intr. (of a plan etc.) fail. 3 intr. (of earth, a building, etc.) fall down or… …
24founder — 1. noun a) One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows. The term founder was applied in the British iron industry long afterwards to the ironworker in charge of …
25founder — foun|der1 [ faundər ] noun count * someone who starts a school, organization, business, or community: one of the original founders of the Libertarian party founder foun|der 2 [ faundər ] verb intransitive 1. ) to begin to fail 2. ) if a ship or… …
26founder — [[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… …
27founder — 1 noun (C) someone who establishes a business, organization, school etc 2 verb (I) formal 1 to fail after a period of time because something has gone wrong or a new problem has caused difficulties: Their marriage began to founder soon after the… …
28founder — 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 …
29founder — I noun the founder of modern physics Syn: originator, creator, (founding) father, architect, developer, pioneer, author, inventor, mastermind II verb 1) the ship foundered Syn: sink, go to the bottom …
30founder — 1. See sink. Piholo. 2. See establish. ♦ Founder of, mea nāna i ho okumu. ♦ Group of founders, po e nāna i ho okumu …
