English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Under-garment (n.)

A garment worn below another.

Underact (v. t.)

To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly.

Underaction (n.)

Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.

Underactor (n.)

A subordinate actor.

Underagent (n.)

A subordinate agent.

Underaid (v. t.)

To aid clandestinely.

Underback (n.)

A vessel which receives the wort as it flows from the mashing tub.

Underbear (v. t.)

To support; to endure.

Underbear (v. t.)

To line; to guard; to face; as, cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel.

Underbearer (n.)

One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.

Underbid (v. t.)

To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered to the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a less price than.

Underbind (v. t.)

To bind beneath.

Underboard (adv.)

Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard.

Underbrace (v. t.)

To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below.

Underbranch (n.)

A lower branch.

Underbranch (n.)

A twig or branchlet.

Underbred (a.)

Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow.

Underbrush (n.)

Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.

Underbuilder (n.)

A subordinate or assistant builder.

Underbuilding (n.)

Same as Substruction.