Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
underactor |
noun |
A subordinate actor. |
underagent |
noun |
A subordinate agent. |
underboard |
adverb |
Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard. |
underbrace |
verb t. |
To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below. |
underbrush |
noun |
Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth. |
underchaps |
noun pl. |
The lower chaps or jaw. |
undercliff |
noun |
A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above. |
undercraft |
noun |
A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors. |
undercreep |
verb i. |
To creep secretly or privily. |
undercrest |
verb t. |
To support as a crest; to bear. |
undercroft |
noun |
A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose. |
underdelve |
verb t. |
To delve under. |
underditch |
verb t. |
To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm. |
underdrain |
noun |
An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above., To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land. |
underglaze |
adjective |
Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; — said of colors in porcelain painting. |
undergoing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Undergo |
undergroan |
verb t. |
To groan beneath. |
undergrove |
noun |
A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones. |
undergrown |
adjective |
Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size. |
underheave |
verb i. |
To heave or lift from below. |
underlayer |
noun |
One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer., A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth. |
underlease |
noun |
A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds; a sublease. |
underlying |
adjective |
Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles. |
undermatch |
noun |
One who is not a match for another. |
underminer |
noun |
One who undermines. |
undermirth |
noun |
Suppressed or concealed mirth. |
underneath |
adverb |
Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil., Under; beneath; below. |
underpight |
|
imp. of Underpitch., of Underpitch |
underpitch |
verb t. |
To fill underneath; to stuff. |
underpoise |
verb t. |
To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue. |
underprize |
verb t. |
To undervalue; to underestimate. |
underproof |
adjective |
Containing less alcohol than proof spirit. See Proof spirit, under Spirit. |
underscore |
verb t. |
To draw a mark or line under; to underline. |
undershirt |
noun |
A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; — called also undervest. |
undershoot |
verb t. |
To shoot short of (a mark). |
undershrub |
adjective |
Partly shrublike. |
undersized |
adjective |
Of a size less than is common. |
underskirt |
noun |
A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress. |
underspend |
verb t. |
To spend less than. |
underspore |
verb t. |
To raise with a spar, or piece of wood, used as a lever. |
understair |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants’ quarters; hence, subordinate; menial. |
understood |
imp. & past participle |
of Understand, imp. & p. p. of Understand. |
understand |
verb t. |
To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink., To be apprised, or have information, of; to learn; to be informed of; to hear; as, I understand that Congress has passed the bill., To recognize or hold as being or signifying; to suppose to mean; to interpret; to explain., To mean without expressing; to imply tacitly; to take for granted; to assume., To stand under; to support., To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being., To be informed; to have or receive knowledge. |
understate |
verb t. |
To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully. |
understock |
verb t. |
To supply insufficiently with stock. |
understudy |
verb t. & i. |
To study, as another actor’s part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor’s part., One who studies another’s part with a view to assuming it in an emergency. |
undertaken |
past participle |
of Undertake |
undertaker |
noun |
One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business., One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor., Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals. |
undertaxed |
adjective |
Taxed too little, or at a lower rate than others. |
underthing |
noun |
Something that is inferior and of little worth. |
undervalue |
verb t. |
To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate., To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise., A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation. |
underverse |
noun |
The lower or second verse. |
underworld |
noun |
The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth., The mythological place of departed souls; Hades., The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes., The inferior part of mankind. |
underwrote |
imp. |
of Underwrite |
underwrite |
verb t. |
To write under something else; to subscribe., To subscribe one’s name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one’s name under, or set one’s name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance., To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like. |