founder
IPA: fˈaʊndɝ
noun
- One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
- (genetics) A common ancestor of some population (especially one with a certain genetic mutation).
- 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.
verb
- (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.
- (transitive, archaic, nautical) To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
- (transitive) To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
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