plural of founder

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of founder

One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company, project, organisation, state) / (genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data.

The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation. / One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.

(veterinary medicine) A severe laminitis of a horse, caused by untreated internal inflammation in the hooves.

(intransitive, of a ship) To flood with water and sink. / (intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. / (intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.

simple past tense and past participle of founder

present participle of founder

The act by which a vessel founders.

(archaic) Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up.