Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Relating to, occurring, used, or performed beneath the surface of water.
- adj. Nautical Below the water line of a vessel.
Wiktionary
- adj. not comparable beneath the surface of the water, or of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface
- adj. nautical beneath the water line of a vessel
- adj. finance having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value
- n. underlying water or body of water, for example in an aquifer or the deep ocean
- n. fishing A type of lure which lies beneath the water surface.
- v. agriculture, horticulture to water or irrigate insufficiently
WordNet 3.0
- adj. growing or remaining under water
- adj. beneath the surface of the water
Examples
“Sora, one of the boys who has the ability to survive underwater, is missing from the hospital.”
“But, when you add in underwater work, heavy CGI work and wire work, it becomes extraordinarily complicated.”
“It was a tall round shape made of smooth glass, and it was tied with a fishing line, Orphan discovered, to a rusting hook that protruded underwater from the side of the embankment.”
“Why hasn't the Obama administration supported legislation that would give bankruptcy judges the power to reduce the principal of a mortgage or at the very least, allow the mortgage in question to be reduced to an amount that approximates current values, so that properties described as "underwater" -- worth less than the mortgage -- would be retained by current owners?”
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“The twin underwater tunnels were finished last week.”
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“I have included a number of underwater photographs so you can see how amazing being underwater is – any scuba diving authors, please drop a comment and say hello!”
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“(SEALS are Navy commandos with expertise in underwater demolition.)”
“Archaeological news usually doesn't impress people unless a new tomb or underwater is found.”
“Now, a research team led by Chang Liu at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has built an artificial lateral line that can provide the same functions in underwater vehicles.”
“He also had the advantage of being Australian, which to American audiences puts you in the category of least-foreign foreigner: Australia, as Ishmael says in a book about another famous hunter who came a cropper underwater, is “that great America on the other side of the sphere.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘underwater’.
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
weightlift, orbitale, figure skate, speed skate, synchronizer, equestrian sport, bobsleigh, starting block, diesis, ligne, piste, water ski and 521 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Underwaterritory
When you're underwater, what do you see or experience? Let's dive...
(Here's a cute little related list called Fishful Thinking...)underwater, curglaff, submarine, underwater habitat, diving bell, paravane, bottom trawling, sediment traps, torpedo, mines, shipwreck, sonar and 214 more...
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mango22's Words
avalanche, apple, arrividerci, awry, adamant, asunder, barter, beloved, calm, cataclysmic, catastrophe, coat and 143 more...
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savage215's Words
pipe, yankee, knickerbocker, tennis, plasma, magma, volcano, car, truck, television, tv, word and 445 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Qualfors
ghazal, seanchai, panini, sutra, padma, slesa, sandhi, bihotz, poiotes, illy, vindobona, parapraise and 14 more...
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lovely words
beloved, calm, coat, chamber, compass, crystalline, dire, duvet, depth, depths, delve, delved and 58 more...
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Basketry
terms related to baskets
imbrication, weave, spokes, lashing, pannier, straw, birch, creel, bushel, wicker, reed, soaking and 6 more...
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words about water
words about forms of water, places of water, movements of water.
estuary, tributary, effluvial, alluvial, river, bay, pond, playa lake, tidal, bayou, cloud, cumulonimbus and 63 more...
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hideout
places to hide
bunker, cave, safe house, shelter, attic, tunnel, closet, refrigerator, basement, tree, trunk, chamber and 47 more...
Tweets
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