(prep.) Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar extends under the whole house.
(prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the law; the condition under which one enters upon an office; under the necessity of obeying the laws; under vows of chastity.
(prep.) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short.
(prep.) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep.
(prep.) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion.
(adv.) In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail.
(a.) Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree; subject; subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent; undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer; undersheriff.
Example Sentences:
Underfoot
Definition:
(adv.) Under the feet; underneath; below. See Under foot, under Foot, n.
(a.) Low; base; abject; trodden down.
Example Sentences:
(1) MSNBC's resident ranter and news commentator Keith Olbermann – who once described a Republican senator as "an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model" – tweeted his umbrage at Stewart's intimation that he is unhelpfully hyperbolic, possibly before smashing his Blackberry underfoot.
(2) But back in the General Staff's Versailles-like HQ, among the columns, frescos and sweeping staircases, the Fragonards and the Bouchers on the walls and the marble floors underfoot, the aristocrats and the officer class – their faces mean, smug, scarred or fat – trade ghastly obscenities about acceptable death tolls and national honour, their moral universe and patterns of thought throttled by protocol, precedent, military codes and banal social etiquette.
(3) Their first, big mistake is to dismiss local opposition as ignorant little people who they can trample underfoot.
(4) The method classifies studied shoe, lubricant and underfoot surface combinations into five slip resistance classes according to the measured mu k 1.
(5) When I go to a match, the whole structure shakes underfoot as trumpets blare and thousands of fans jump and dance in a shower of ticker tape.
(6) A whimsical bird print or a spriggy floral can be pretty, but will give the impression you are about to be eaten alive, or trampled underfoot.
(7) Birds sing, big yellow butterflies flutter past and there’s wild mint underfoot.
(8) December 10, 2015 Pausing only to hurl rocks in vain at the Massive Muslims crushing their homes underfoot, British people everywhere, struck by this piercing diagnosis of their country’s social problems, turned to Trump for a solution.
(9) Filthy, 6ft-deep water surrounds her family home and is visible through gaps in its crooked floorboards, which bend precariously underfoot.
(10) Porth Llanlleiana , the most northerly beach in Wales, is a perfectly formed cove of small pebbles, which are comfortable underfoot and smooth enough for sunbathing.
(11) Mattress foam, smashed marble and slivers of glass crunch underfoot.
(12) Crisp underfoot in summer, the stuff is like a patch of the arctic fallen into the world in the wrong place.
(13) No one pushing or talking loudly on the efficiently run public transport system; no rubbish or sticky gum to be trodden underfoot on the well-kept, clean streets.
(14) Cross the bridge and continue above the shores of Loch Gleann Dubh as the path becomes rockier underfoot.
(15) The world would soon be trampled underfoot by armies of cloned Saddams; human individuality was now under direct attack; while future male involvement in reproduction would be unnecessary (said feminists).
(16) In the New Forest look underfoot for sundews, butterworts and even the odd Venus flytrap.
(17) By then Rémi Garde had brought Rudy Gestede off the bench and, with Villa switching to a more direct approach which suited the appalling underfoot conditions, the centre-forward played a big part in ensuring they earned a draw.
(18) At first there are mussels underfoot, then a variety of smaller crustaceans, then finally a whole new landscape complete with miniature rift valleys and lochs to be negotiated.
(19) The apparatus is a prototype stationary step simulator capable of simulating the movements of a human foot and the forces applied to the underfoot surface during an actual slip, and the drainage capability of the contact surface between the shoe sole and the flooring when different lubricants or contaminants are used.
(20) An apparatus to measure the coefficient of kinetic friction (mu k) between the shoe sole and the underfoot surface was constructed, and a method including criteria to evaluate the risk of slipping during walking was developed.