'Foundering' definitions:
Definition of 'foundering'
(from WordNet)
noun
(of a ship) sinking [syn: foundering, going under]
Definition of 'Foundering'
From: GCIDE
- Founder \Found"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Foundering.] [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.]
- 1. (Naut.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. [1913 Webster]
- For which his horse fear['e] gan to turn, And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To fail; to miscarry. "All his tricks founder." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'foundering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- collapsing,
- deciduous,
- declining,
- declivitous,
- decurrent,
- descendant,
- descending,
- down,
- down-reaching,
- downcoming,
- downfalling,
- downgoing,
- downhill,
- downsinking,
- downward,
- drooping,
- dropping,
- falling,
- on the descendant,
- on the downgrade,
- plummeting,
- plunging,
- sagging,
- setting,
- sinking,
- submerging,
- subsiding,
- tottering,
- tumbledown