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Meaning of underwater

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

underwater

noun

Definitions

  1. Underlying water or body of water, for example in an aquifer or the deep ocean

  2. A type of lure which lies beneath the water surface.

verb

Definitions

  1. To water or irrigate insufficiently

    Example: Care must be taken not to underwater houseplants in the summer.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Beneath the surface of the water, or of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface

  2. Beneath the water line of a vessel

  3. Under water.

  4. Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value

    Example: We've been underwater on our mortgage ever since the housing crash.

adverb

Definitions

  1. Going beneath the surface of the water