Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To sink below the surface of the water.
- intransitive verb To cave in; sink.
- intransitive verb To fail utterly; collapse.
- intransitive verb To stumble, especially to stumble and go lame. Used of horses.
- intransitive verb To become ill from overeating. Used of livestock.
- intransitive verb To be afflicted with laminitis. Used of horses.
- intransitive verb To cause to founder.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English foundren, to sink to the ground, from Old French fondrer, from Vulgar Latin *funderāre, from *fundus, *funder-, bottom, from Latin fundus, fund-.]
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