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Founder

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breakverb(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
giveverb(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
collapsenoun(intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
flopnoun(intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.).
beginnernounSomeone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
fathernounA male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
cave inverbTo collapse inward or downward.
give wayverbTo give precedence to other road users.
fall inverbTo come to an end; to terminate; to lapse.
fall flatverbTo produce no humour, inspiration, etc.
laminitisnoun(veterinary medicine) A disease of the digital laminae of the hoof
fall throughverb(intransitive, idiomatic) To be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed.
founding fathernounA man who founded something.

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givenounThe amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience.
give wayverbTo give precedence to other road users.
founding fathernounA man who founded something.
beginnernounSomeone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started.
fathernounA male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
breaknounAn instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
fall inverbTo come to an end; to terminate; to lapse.
collapsenounThe act of collapsing.
flopnounA complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
fall throughverb(intransitive, idiomatic) To be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed.
fall flatverbTo produce no humour, inspiration, etc.
cave innounMisspelling of cave-in. [The act of something collapsing or caving in.]
laminitisnoun(veterinary medicine) A disease of the digital laminae of the hoof
foundingnounThe establishment of something.
foundedverbHaving a basis.
incorporatornounOne who, or that which, incorporates.
cofoundernounA joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.
inauguralnounAn inauguration; a formal beginning.
originatornounSomeone who originates, creates or founds something.
co-foundernounAlternative form of cofounder. [A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.]

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