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(verb) stumble and nearly fall; of horses |
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Related Words: stumble, trip |
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(verb) sink below the surface |
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Related Words: go down, go under, settle, sink |
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(noun) a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" |
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Synonyms: beginner, father, founding father |
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Related Words: cofounder, colonizer, conceiver, foundress, mastermind, originator |
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(noun) a worker who makes metal castings |
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Related Words: bell founder, skilled worker, trained worker |
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(noun) inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse |
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Synonyms: laminitis |
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Related Words: flush, inflammation, redness |
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(verb) fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered" |
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Synonyms: fall flat, fall through, flop |
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Related Words: fail, go wrong, miscarry |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: break, cave in, collapse, fall in, give, give way |
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Related Words: break, buckle, change, crumple, flop, go off, implode, sink, slide down, slump |
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