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| 1. n. One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company, project, organisation, state) | |
| the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg | |
| 2. n. (genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data. | |
| 3. n. The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation. | |
| 4. n. One who casts metals in various forms; a caster. | |
| a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or printing types | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) Of a ship, to fill with water and sink. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To fail; to miscarry. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, archaic, nautical) To cause to fill and sink, as a ship. | |
| 9. v. To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs. | |
