flounder vs founder

Definitions

verb

1. behave awkwardly; have difficulties
2. walk with great difficulty

noun

1. any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
2. flesh of any of various American and European flatfish

Examples

They show considerable sequence homology to pleurocidins, antimicrobial peptides of the flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus.

War and the civil rights movement gave her a purpose, and that when they came to an end she was left floundering.

Ellery wandered up and down, picking up shells and sea clams, and peering through the nets of the nearest weir at the "horsefoot crabs" and squid and flounders imprisoned in the pound.

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Definitions

noun

1. a worker who makes metal castings
2. a person who founds or establishes some institution
3. inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse

verb

1. break down, literally or metaphorically
2. stumble and nearly fall
3. sink below the surface
4. fail utterly; collapse

Examples

The phenomenon, called droop, has been a focus of Mr. Nakamura and other faculty members at University of California, Santa Barbara, including Soraa co-founders Steve DenBaars and James Speck .

Zunun Kadir, the famous writer, playwright and fabulist, was the founder and the pioneer of the contemporary Uighur literature.

No, just stylish, insists G.O.D. founder and chief executive Douglas Young.

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