The meaning of Founder

noun

A person who is qualified to design buildings and to plan and supervise their construction.

Usage examples:

An architect takes into consideration all of the constraints involved in building a house

verb

A person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction.

Usage examples:

The great norman architect of durham cathedral

noun

A person who designs new buildings and is responsible for how they are built

Usage examples:

Doug and wendy worked with an architect to create their dream home., fig. president roosevelt was t…

noun

A writer of a book, article, or document.

Usage examples:

He is the author of several books on the subject

verb

Be the author of (a book or piece of writing).

Usage examples:

She has authored several articles on wildlife

verb

(of a boat) be overturned in the water.

Usage examples:

The craft capsized in heavy seas

noun

An instance of capsizing.

Usage examples:

Do you know what to do in the event of a capsize?

verb

To turn over or cause a boat or ship to turn over in the water

Usage examples:

[ i ] a passenger ferry capsized in rough seas sunday morning.

verb

(of a structure) suddenly fall down or give way.

Usage examples:

The roof collapsed on top of me

noun

An instance of a structure falling down or giving way.

Usage examples:

The collapse of a railway bridge

verb

Break down, literally or metaphorically

noun

A person or thing that brings something into existence.

Usage examples:

James bond's creator ian fleming

noun

A person who creates something

noun

A person who plans the look or workings of something prior to it being made, by preparing drawings or plans.

Usage examples:

A leading car designer

adjective

Made or designed by a famous and prestigious fashion designer.

Usage examples:

Designer clothes

adjective

Artificially created or modified (especially by genetic engineering) to have a particular appearance, function, or composition.

Usage examples:

Designer drugs

noun

A person or thing that develops something.

Usage examples:

A property developer

noun

A person or company that makes money by buying land and building new houses, stores, or offices on it

Usage examples:

Real estate developers

noun

A person or company that makes money by buying land and building new houses, stores, or offices on it

Usage examples:

The bill would prevent a developer from building thousands of homes near the canyon., he is one of …

noun

A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or structures.

Usage examples:

This is important to the engineers who design and build products, because it gives them a tool to d…

verb

Design and build (a machine or structure).

Usage examples:

The men who engineered the tunnel

noun

A person specially trained to design and build machines, structures, and other things, including bridges, roads, vehicles, and buildings

Usage examples:

He is an engineer at a large electronics company., the bridge is engineered to withstand an earthqu…

verb

Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

Usage examples:

Five inches of snow fell through the night

noun

An act of falling or collapsing.

Usage examples:

His mother had a fall as she alighted from a train

verb

Descend freely under the influence of gravity

phrasal verb

Lose an upright position suddenly

phrasal verb

To fall to the ground

Usage examples:

Our apple tree fell down in the storm., he stumbled and fell down., many buildings in the old part …

phrasal verb

If a building is falling down, it is in a very bad condition and there is a risk that it will break into pieces and drop to the ground

Usage examples:

Many buildings in the old part of the city are falling down.

noun

A man in relation to his child or children.

Usage examples:

Margaret's father died at an early age

verb

(of a man) cause a pregnancy resulting in the birth of (a child).

Usage examples:

He fathered three children

noun

A male parent

Usage examples:

My father retired seven years ago., freud was the father of psychoanalysis., father randall, are yo…

noun

A person who shapes or creates a concept, plan, or system.

Usage examples:

Objections will be made if the framer of the law can be absolutely proved to have meant one thing

noun

A person or thing that initiates someone or something.

Usage examples:

As initiators of culture and producers of the societies in which we live, the destiny of modern man…

noun

A person who causes something to begin

Usage examples:

She was one of the project's initiators.

noun

A person who brings about or initiates something.

Usage examples:

He was not the instigator of the incident

noun

A person who causes something to happen, especially something bad

Usage examples:

The instigators of the disturbance have not yet been identified.

noun

A person who introduces or establishes something.

Usage examples:

He stands as the mythical representative and institutor of all the festivities of yule.

noun

A person who invented a particular process or device or who invents things as an occupation.

Usage examples:

One of the schemes will help women inventors and innovators to develop their ideas and skills.

noun

Someone who designs or creates something that did not exist before

Usage examples:

Alfred nobel was the inventor of dynamite.

noun

Someone who has invented something, or whose job is to invent things

Usage examples:

The inventor of sth thomas edison was the inventor of the electric light bulb.

verb

Make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger.

Usage examples:

The car lurched forward

noun

An abrupt uncontrolled movement, especially an unsteady tilt or roll.

Usage examples:

The boat gave a violent lurch and he missed his footing

verb

Move suddenly or as if unable to control one's movements

noun

A person with an outstanding intellect.

Usage examples:

An eminent musical mastermind

verb

Plan and direct (an ingenious and complex scheme or enterprise).

Usage examples:

He was accused of masterminding a gold-smuggling racket

verb

To plan and direct a difficult activity

Usage examples:

Oliver masterminded the takeover of his top business competitor., the mastermind behind the escape …

noun

A person who arranges an event or activity.

Usage examples:

The organizers of the demonstration

noun

A person who creates or initiates something.

Usage examples:

Wegener was the originator of the theory of continental drift

noun

The person who first thinks of something and causes it to happen

Usage examples:

There are lots of reasons why the inventor or originator of an idea may not get the lion's share of…

noun

A person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.

Usage examples:

The decision came a month before the start of the winter olympics in utah and can be expected to pu…

verb

Develop or be the first to use or apply (a new method, area of knowledge, or activity).

Usage examples:

The technique was pioneered by a swiss doctor in the 1930s

proper noun

A series of american space probes launched between 1958 and 1973, two of which provided the first clear pictures of jupiter and saturn (1973–9).

noun

The quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.

Usage examples:

Her voice rose steadily in pitch

verb

Set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch.

Usage examples:

You've pitched the melody very high

verb

Cover, coat, or smear with pitch.

Usage examples:

He pitched the ship inside and outside

noun

A person who makes plans.

Usage examples:

Economic planners

noun

A person whose job is to plan something, esp. how land in a particular area is to be used and what should be built on it

Usage examples:

A city planner, an urban planner

noun

Someone whose job is to make decisions relating to the future of an activity or industry

Usage examples:

A financial/project/strategic planner, a city/town/urban planner, a wall/desk planner

verb

Go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged.

Usage examples:

He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves

noun

A fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe.

Usage examples:

I stood at the kitchen sink

noun

Fall or descend to a lower place or level

verb

Lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance.

Usage examples:

I slipped over on the ice

noun

An act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance.

Usage examples:

A single slip could send them plummeting down the mountainside

noun

A small piece of paper, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

Usage examples:

His monthly salary slip

verb

Sit, lie, or fall with one's arms and legs spread out in an ungainly way.

Usage examples:

The door shot open, sending him sprawling across the pavement

noun

An ungainly or carelessly relaxed position in which one's arms and legs are spread out.

Usage examples:

She fell into a sort of luxurious sprawl

verb

Walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.

Usage examples:

He staggered to his feet, swaying a little

noun

An unsteady walk or movement.

Usage examples:

She walked with a stagger

verb

Walk with great difficulty

verb

Trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall.

Usage examples:

Her foot caught in the rug and she stumbled

noun

An act of stumbling.

Usage examples:

He broke a bone in his foot in a stumble down an alpine pass

verb

Miss a step and fall or nearly fall

verb

Cause (something) to be under water.

Usage examples:

Houses had been flooded and cars submerged

verb

Put under water

verb

To go below the surface of an area of water

Usage examples:

[ t ] take a normal breath and completely submerge yourself., [ i ] seals exhale so they can submer…

verb

Overbalance or cause to overbalance and fall.

Usage examples:

She toppled over when i touched her

verb

To lean forward and fall

Usage examples:

[ t ] a large tree was toppled by the wind., [ t ] the government toppled after several large publi…

verb

To remove a person or organization from a position of power

Usage examples:

This was a secret bid to topple the chairman and take his job., their aim was to topple the superma…

verb

Move in a feeble or unsteady way.

Usage examples:

A hunched figure was tottering down the path

noun

A feeble or unsteady gait.

Usage examples:

You may say that none of this sounds like a leap forward, more like a totter backwards.

noun

A person who makes a living by salvaging saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps.

Usage examples:

Coney street in york was a totter's paradise on tuesday morning

verb

Catch one's foot on something and stumble or fall.

Usage examples:

He tripped over his cat

noun

A journey or excursion, especially for pleasure.

Usage examples:

Sammy's gone on a school trip

noun

A flock or group of goats, sheep, or other animals.

Usage examples:

She exchanged her cows for a trip of goats

phrasal verb

To make a mistake or to cause someone to make a mistake

Usage examples:

I did ok on the exam except for the last question, when i got tripped up by a word i didn’t underst…

verb

Fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong.

Usage examples:

She pitched forward, tumbling down the remaining stairs

noun

A sudden or headlong fall.

Usage examples:

I took a tumble in the nettles

verb

Fall down, as if collapsing