collapsing, declining, decurrent, descending, down-reaching, downfalling, downhill, downward, dropping, on the descendant, plummeting, sagging, sinking, subsiding, tumbledown
Definitionn. (of a ship) sinking
Last update: October 25, 2015
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But they have been separated by the foundering of the Coral Sea and the Tasman Sea, which divided the continent of Australia from the islands of the Australasian festoon; and the foundering of the band across Australia, from the Gulf of Carpentaria, through western Queensland and western New South Wales, to the lower basin of the Murray, has separated the Archean areas of eastern and western Australia. [Please select]
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Always the situation of sailors on a foundering vessel. [Please select]
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There was a brisk wind, and the vessel was soon in imminent danger of foundering. [Please select]
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By the narrowest chance we escaped foundering, but the sturdy boat proved true. [Please select]
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"All right, Bax," replied Guy; "I'll keep close in your wake, so if you capsize we shall at least have the comfort of foundering together."' [Please select]
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Six months later, the Monitor met a tragic fate, foundering in a storm off Cape Hatteras, a portion of her crew going down with her. [Please select]
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