Flounder vs. Founder

Floundernoun

A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder, Platichthys flesus.

Floundernoun

(North America) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.

Floundernoun

A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.

Flounderverb

(intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of water.

Flounderverb

(intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.

Flounderverb

(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.

Floundernoun

A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidæ, of many species.

Floundernoun

A tool used in crimping boot fronts.

Floundernoun

The act of floundering.

Flounderverb

To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce.

Floundernoun

flesh of any of various American and European flatfish

Floundernoun

any of various European and non-European marine flatfish

Flounderverb

walk with great difficulty;

Flounderverb

behave awkwardly; have difficulties;

Flounder

Flounders are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish, found at the bottom of oceans around the world; some species will also enter estuaries.

Foundernoun

One who founds or establishes (especially said of a company, project, organisation, state)

Foundernoun

(genetics) Someone for whose parents one has no data.

Foundernoun

The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.

Foundernoun

One who casts metals in various forms; a caster.

Founderverb

(intransitive) Of a ship, to fill with water and sink.

Founderverb

(intransitive) To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.

Founderverb

(intransitive) To fail; to miscarry.

Founderverb

To cause to fill and sink, as a ship.

Founderverb

(transitive) To disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.

Foundernoun

One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

Foundernoun

One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.

Foundernoun

A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.

Founderverb

To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.

Founderverb

To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.

Founderverb

To fail; to miscarry.

Founderverb

To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.

Foundernoun

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

Foundernoun

a person who founds or establishes some institution;

Foundernoun

a worker who makes metal castings

Founderverb

fail utterly; collapse;

Founderverb

sink below the surface

Founderverb

break down, literally or metaphorically;

Founderverb

stumble and nearly fall;

Foundernoun

a person who manufactures articles of cast metal; the owner or operator of a foundry

Foundernoun

a person who establishes an institution or settlement

Foundernoun

an animal, especially a fertilized female insect, that founds a new colony.

Foundernoun

laminitis in horses, ponies, or other hoofed animals.

Founderverb

(of a ship) fill with water and sink

Founderverb

(of a plan or undertaking) fail or break down as a result of a particular problem

Founderverb

(of a horse or its rider) stumble or fall from exhaustion, lameness, etc.

Founderverb

(of a hoofed animal, especially a horse or pony) succumb to laminitis.

Founderverb

make (someone) very cold