founders is a form of:
Founder
noun
- 1.
- (person who establishes or founds) អ្នកបង្កើត, ស្ថាបនិក
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ស្ថាបនិក
verb — past tense: foundered ; past participle: foundered ; present participle: foundering ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) Founder a ship ធ្វើអោយលិច, founder a business ធ្វើអោយដួល, founder a horse ធ្វើអោយពីការ
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) ~ (on something) (one who founds or casts teal, glass, etc. to become filled with water and sink; of a horse, to become lame) ships founder លិច (នាវា) / businesses founder ដួល, គ្មានជោគជ័យ, horses founder ហត់ឬអស់កម្លាំងខ្លាំង (សេះ)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
- 2.
- One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.
- 3.
- A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.
- 4.
- An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder.
verb — past tense: foundered ; past participle: foundered ; present participle: foundering ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
- 1.
- To fail, to miscarry