foundatin.html - {n.} A close-fitting garment designed for women to wear underneath their clothes to make them look slim; a piece of woman's underwear. * /Jane wears a foundation garment under her evening dress./

foundatin.html - n.
1 a the solid ground or base, natural or artificial, on which a building rests. b (usu. in pl.) the lowest load-bearing part of a building, usu. below ground level.
2 a body or ground on which other parts are overlaid.
3 a basis or underlying principle; groundwork (the report has no foundation).
4 a the act or an instance of establishing or constituting (esp. an endowed institution) on a permanent basis. b such an institution, e.g. a monastery, college, or hospital.
5 (in full foundation garment) a woman's supporting undergarment, e.g. a corset.

foundation cream a cream used as a base for applying cosmetics. foundation-stone 1 a stone laid with ceremony to celebrate the founding of a building.
2 the main ground or basis of something.

foundational adj. [ME f. OF fondation f. L fundatio -onis (as FOUND(2))]

foundatin.html - {n.} A close-fitting garment designed for women to wear underneath their clothes to make them look slim; a piece of woman's underwear. * /Jane wears a foundation garment under her evening dress./

foundatin.html - past and past part. of FIND.

foundatin.html - v.
1 tr. a establish (esp. with an endowment). b originate or initiate (an institution).
2 tr. be the original builder or begin the building of (a town etc.).
3 tr. lay the base of (a building etc.).
4 (foll. by on, upon) a tr. construct or base (a story, theory, rule, etc.) according to a specified principle or ground. b intr. have a basis in.

founding father a person associated with a founding, esp. an American statesman at the time of the Revolution. [ME f. OF fonder f. L fundare f. fundus bottom]

foundatin.html - v.tr.
1 a melt and mould (metal). b fuse (materials for glass).
2 make by founding.

founder n. [ME f. OF fondre f. L fundere fus- pour]