Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To underline; underscore.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To underline or underscore.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A lower or underlining
stroke inwriting . - verb transitive To
underline orunderscore .
Etymologies
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Examples
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All three types of colonial woodsmen cut the tree almost breast high, but the Australian seemed to be the only one that took advantage of that understroke, with
Letters from France 1923
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bull; really use your hand on the understroke of taping to guide it around the hoop. this way you can really feel if there are any wrinkles, and you have more control. so, if you are taping from left to right, use your right hand/palm to guide and smooth the tape from underneath.
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bull; really use your hand on the understroke of taping to guide it around the hoop. this way you can really feel if there are any wrinkles, and you have more control. so, if you are taping from left to right, use your right hand/palm to guide and smooth the tape from underneath.
Hooping.org | Blog 2005
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