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flounder, founder
flounder (FLOUN duhr) (verb)
To struggle, to move, or to obtain a footing: Because of the deep snow, Scott saw the man flounder again as he came down the hill.
founder (FOUN duhr) (noun)
A person who creates or establishes something that is meant to last for a long time: As the son of the company's founder, he is expected to become the CEO one of these days.

The shipwrecked sailor appeared to flounder in the water as he attempted to flounder to the shore. Several years later, James became the founder of the school system on the island.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group F; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 5)
founder (s) (noun), founders (pl)
Someone who creates or who establishes something which is meant to last for a long time; such as, a business, an educational institution, etc.: "Jonathan is the founder of a newspaper empire."

"Estella is the daughter of the university's founder."

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founder (verb), founders; foundered; foundering (verb forms)
1. A ship filling with water and sinking: "The ship foundered during the severe storm."
2. To become submerged; to become filled with water and to sink: "The crew escaped as the ship was foundering, but before it sank into the ocean."
3. To experience failure: "Jacob's career foundered and he had to move from job to job for many years."
4. The term founder also has an established pleonastic sense as part of the idiomatic "founder and sink".
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Word Entries containing the term: “founder”
founder and sink
Founder means to "sink below the surface".
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original founder
This entry is located in the following unit: Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies (page 15)