founder

Noun

• a worker who makes metal castings

• a person who founds or establishes some institution
  • George Washington is the father of his country
    

• inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

Verb

• stumble and nearly fall
  • the horses foundered
    

• break down, literally or metaphorically
  • The wall collapsed
    
  • The business collapsed
    
  • The dam broke
    
  • The roof collapsed
    
  • The wall gave in
    
  • The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
    

• sink below the surface

• fail utterly; collapse
  • The project foundered
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  beginner , founding father , father , laminitis , collapse , fall in , cave in , give , give way , break , fall through , fall flat , flop