founding

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of found

   “So after learning a great deal about iron founding and much more about pike fishing, one regretfully took leave of a shop full of kindly characters and proceeded to a worse lot of odours in the brass foundry.”

noun

1. The establishment of something.

   “the founding of the republic”

   “Do foundings of transnational organizations appear to spur foundings of national organizations, or vice versa?”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Who or that founds (establishes or starts) or founded.

   “The founding fathers of our country.”