- foundering, going under - (of a ship) sinking
--1 is a kind of sinking
Derived form: verb founder2
- fall through, fall flat, founder, flop - fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
--1 is one way to fail, go wrong, miscarry
Sample sentence:
The business is going to founder
- founder - sink below the surface
--2 is one way to sink, settle, go down, go under
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun foundering1
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
--3 is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- founder - stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
--4 is one way to stumble, trip
Sample sentence:
Something ----s