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verb

To go beneath the surface or to the bottom of a liquid: sink, submerge, submerse. See rise/fall.

founder²

noun

One that creates, founds, or originates: architect, author, creator, entrepreneur, father, inventor, maker, originator, parent, patriarch. See start/end.

v

Definition: go under, fail
Antonyms: accomplish, achieve, succeed

v. (of a ship) fill with water and sink: six drowned when the ship foundered.

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One who provides the first gift to establish a charitable institution, such as a college. One who organizes or begins an entity.


founder’s shares
shares in a corporation or company issued to the organizers and often carrying special privileges.
401(k) see retirement plan [401(k)].

IN BRIEF: A person who establishes. Also: To sink below the surface of the water.

The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. — Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).

Tutor's tip: The club's shy "founder" (a person who starts a group or institution) would "flounder" (to struggle; to act clumsily) in his attempt to tell what it was like in the beginning.

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For a list of words related to founder, see:

• Seamanship and Port - founder: (vb) take on water to point of capsizing and sinking; struggle in storm, going nowhere
• Trades and Crafts - founder: caster of metal objects
• Occupations and Job Titles

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - grundlægger, stifter

idioms:

• founder member    medstifter, oprindeligt medlem

2.
n. - støber

3.
v. intr. - gå under, forlise
v. tr. - sejle i sænk
n. - forfangenhed, hovlidelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
oprichter, metaalsmelter, hoefontsteking, invalide worden, instorten, zinken, lam/invalide maken (door overvoeding)

Français (French)
1.
n. - fondateur, créateur

idioms:

• founder member    membre fondateur

2.
n. - propriétaire d'une fonderie

3.
v. intr. - sombrer (un bateau), s'embourber, être en difficultés, s'en aller en fumée
v. tr. - faire couler
n. - (Vét) fourbure

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Gründer, Stifter

idioms:

• founder member    Gründungsmitglied

2.
n. - Gießer

3.
v. - sinken, straucheln, stolpern
n. - Hufrehe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ιδρυτής, θεμελιωτής, μεταλλοχύτης
v. - βυθίζομαι, βουλιάζω, καταποντίζω/-ομαι, ναυαγώ (κν. φουντάρω), σκοντάφτω

idioms:

• founder member    ιδρυτικό μέλος

Italiano (Italian)
fallire, fondatore

idioms:

• founder member    membro fondatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fundador (m)
v. - afundar

idioms:

• founder member    sócio-fundador (m)

Русский (Russian)
основатель, учредитель

idioms:

• founder member    член-основатель

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - fundador, creador, institutor

idioms:

• founder member    miembro fundador

2.
n. - dueño de una fundición

3.
v. intr. - llenarse de agua y hundirse
v. tr. - hacer que se hunda, echar a pique
n. - (vet.) despeadura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gjutare, grundare, ledstyvhet (vet. med.)
v. - snava och falla (om häst), förlisa (sjö), störta in (om t.ex.hus), stupa (bildl.), tröttköra, segla i kvav, slå ned i marken (golf)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 浸水而沉没, 垮掉, 崩溃, 失败, 使沉没, 弄跛, 使摔倒, 创立者, 缔造者, 奠基者

idioms:

• founder member    创办人, 发起人

2. 铸造工, 翻砂工

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 浸水而沈沒, 垮掉, 崩潰, 失敗
v. tr. - 使沈沒, 弄跛, 使摔倒
n. - 創立者, 締造者, 奠基者

idioms:

• founder member    創辦人, 發起人

2.
n. - 鑄造工, 翻砂工

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 재단, 창설자

2.
n. - 주조자, 주물공

3.
v. intr. - 배가 침몰하다, 다리를 절다, 비틀거리며 넘어지다
v. tr. - 침몰 시키다, 넘어뜨리다
n. - (말의) 제엽염

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 創立者, 設立者
v. - 浸水して沈没する, 倒れる, 失敗する

idioms:

• founder member    創立会員

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مؤسس (فعل) يتعثر , تغرق السفينه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮טבע, נכשל, שקע, התמלא מים, מעד, נפל‬
v. tr. - ‮טיבע, הפיל‬
n. - ‮דלקת ברגל הסוס מעבודת יתר‬
n. - ‮מייסד, בונה‬
n. - ‮שיגרון בשרירי החזה אצל סוסים‬

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