Uttal

  • UttalUS

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Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom something originates; one who endows.
  2. The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
  3. (genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data.
  4. One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.

Verb

  1. (intransitive) Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.
  2. (intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
  3. (transitive) To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
  4. (intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.

Exempel

  • The term 'founder' was applied in the British iron industry long afterwards to the ironworker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.
  • a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types
  • We were not much more than a quarter of an hour out of our ship but we saw her sink, and then I understood for the first time what was meant by a ship foundering in the sea.
  • All his tricks founder.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipfounderedImperfektfoundered
PresensparticipfounderingPluralfounders
Tredje person singular indicativ presensfoundersTredje person singular indicativ presensfoundereth

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