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Foundering

verb
Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbOf a ship, to fill with water and sink.
2.verbTo fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.
3.verbTo fail; to miscarry.
4.verbTo cause to fill and sink, as a ship.
5.verbTo disable or lame (a horse) by causing internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs.
6.nounThe act by which a vessel founders.

Synonyms

going underflounderingsinking shipunderminingfoilingstrandingshipbreachfiascostallingfaceplantfailbackfiring

Rhymes With

floundering
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