under
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌndə/
ipa: [ˈɐn.də(ɹ)]
enpr: ŭnʹ-dər
ipa: /ˈʌndɚ/
ipa: [ˈʌn(ɾ)ɚ]
ipa: [ˈʌɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: /ˈʊndə/
rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more under
form: most under
Etymology: From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”).
Akin to German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under; also Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).
Senses: examples: text: This treatment protects the under portion of the car from rust.
text: (in compounds) underbelly, underside, undershirt, undersecretary
text: The advantages he gains are of double security to him ; first, by the support of his haunches, being at all times more under than before, he learns to be more active with his hind-quarters
ref: 1835, J G. Peters, A treatise on equitation, or the art of horsemanship, page 179:
text: If you allow the right hand to turn under more than the left, a pull will result, and if the left is more under than the right, a sliced ball will surely follow.
ref: 1908, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, The American golfer, volumes 1-2, page 10:
text: The waves are so steep, they crash so fast and furious I'm more under than up.
ref: 2009, Doris Lessing, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, page 30:
glosses: Lower; beneath something.
examples: text: The army could not keep the people under.
text: I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians ix:27:
text: When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; but the troops left us a legacy of "mahogany flats," with which their beds were so swarming that we never got them under.
ref: 1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, page 45:
glosses: In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.
examples: text: Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
examples: This chicken is a bit under. (insufficiently cooked)
This bag of apples feels under. (of insufficient weight)
My pay packet last week was £10 under. (of insufficient monetary amount)
My round of golf today was three under. (under par)
glosses: Having a particular property that is low, especially so as to be insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: am I under arrest
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Ascott-under-Wychwood
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Ashton under Hill
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Ashton-under-Lyne
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: bag under one's eye
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: bag under the eye
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Barton-under-Needwood
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word: Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: bob under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Boughton under Blean
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: bring under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: brush something under the carpet
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: brush something under the rug
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: bubble under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: buckle under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: build a fire under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: burr under one's saddle
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: buy out from under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: chicken under a brick
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: come under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: cut the ground from under someone's feet
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: cut under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: device under test
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: dive-under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: double-under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: down under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: draw a line under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: drink someone under the table
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: drink under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: drink under the table
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: driving under the influence
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Eaton-under-Heywood
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: everything under the sun
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: fall under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: five-and-under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: flyunder
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: fly-under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: fly under the radar
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: get out from under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: get under it
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: get under one's goat
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: get under someone's goat
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: get under someone's skin
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: go under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: have had one's day under the sun
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: hide one's light under a bushel
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Hope under Dinmore
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: hot under the collar
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: interview under caution
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: keep under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: knock under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: knuckle under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: land down under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: land under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: let the grass grow under one's feet
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: light a fire under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: live under a rock
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: lock under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: look under rocks
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Milton-under-Wychwood
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word: monster under the bed
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Newcastle-under-Lyme
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: nothing new under the sun
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: one can't carry two watermelons under one arm
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: one under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: over and under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: over-and-under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: over-under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: pass under the yoke
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: patient under investigation
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: person under train
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: plough under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: plow under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: pop-under
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word: Preston-under-Scar
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: pull the rug out from under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: push under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: put one's legs under someone's mahogany
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: put someone under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: put someone under the screw
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: put under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: red under the bed
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: sail under false colors
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: sell out from under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Shipton-under-Wychwood
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Simple Simon under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: sit under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: six feet under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: sleep under the same bridge
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: slip under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: slip under the radar
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: snowed under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: snow under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: squeeze under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: stand from under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: stand under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Stanton under Bardon
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: suck under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: sweep something under the carpet
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: sweep something under the rug
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: take under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: take-under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: take under advisement
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: talk someone under the table
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: the darkest place is under the candlestick
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: there is nothing new under the sun
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: throw under a bus
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: throw under the bus
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: time under tension
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: triple-under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: turn under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-accommodate
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-accommodated
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-accommodating
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-accommodation
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: underachieve
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under a cloud
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: underage
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under a lucky star
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under and over
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-approximate
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-approximation
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: underarm
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under arms
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under arrest
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under a spell
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-attend
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-attended
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-awed
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under boob
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under canvas
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-carter
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under center
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under clothes
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under construction
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under control
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under correction
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under cover
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: undercurrent
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: undercut
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-diversification
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-diversify
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-dose
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-educated
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-endowed
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under erasure
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-extension
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-eye
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-eye bag
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under fire
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-fired
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under glass
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under ground
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: underground
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-grounder
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under hack
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-handed
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: underhanded
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-handedly
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-handedness
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under hatches
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-hedging
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-kimono
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: underling
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under lock and key
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-manager
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: underneath
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under no circumstance
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under no circumstances
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under oath
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under one roof
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under one's arm
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under one's belt
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under one's breath
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under one's feet
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under one's hand
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under one's hat
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under one's own steam
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under one's thumb
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under one's very eyes
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under one's very nose
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under one's wing
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under over
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-oxygenated
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under pain of
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under par
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-petticoat
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under protest
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-punctuation
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: underrate
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: underreport
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-represent
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-representation
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-represented
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-resourced
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-ripe
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under sail
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under seal
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-sergeant
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-served
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under someone's nose
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under someone's roof
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-spur-leather
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under square
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-stander
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-steward
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-tenant
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the bootheel of
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the breath
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the carpet
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the cosh
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the counter
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-the-counter
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the covers
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the gun
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the hammer
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the hood
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the impression
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the influence
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the knife
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the lee
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the loupe
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the magnifying glass
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the mahogany
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the microscope
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the pump
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the radar
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the rose
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the rug
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the rule
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the saya
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the sheets
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the stars
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the sun
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the surface
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-the-table
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the table
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the weather
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the wire
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under the yoke
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: underthigh
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under tow
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: undertow
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under-trial
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: underwater
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under water
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under way
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under weigh
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: underworld
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: under wraps
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: up and under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: up-and-under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: voice-under
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: water under the bridge
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Weston-under-Lizard
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Weston under Penyard
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Weston-under-Redcastle
sense: Terms derived from under (all parts of speech)
word: Wotton-under-Edge
word: under-