Looking for the meaning of the word FOUNDERING in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of FOUNDERING with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Founder
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘knock to the ground’): from Old French fondrer, esfondrer ‘submerge, collapse’, based on Latin fundus ‘bottom, base’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfaʊndə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of a ship) fill with water and sink
Short Definition:(of ship) sink
Examples:- six drowned when the yacht foundered off the Cornish coast
Definition:
(of a horse or its rider) stumble or fall from exhaustion, lameness, etc.
Short Definition:(of horse or rider) stumble or fall
Examples:- some of their horses foundered and damaged themselves in the stones of the riverbed
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