Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter U - Page 10

Underfurrow (v. t.) To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure.

Under-garment (n.) A garment worn below another.

Underget (v. t.) To get under or beneath; also, to understand.

Undergird (v. t.) To blind below; to gird round the bottom.

Underglaze (a.) Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting.

Underwent (imp.) of Undergo

Undergone (p. p.) of Undergo

Undergoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Undergo

Undergo (v. t.) To go or move below or under.

Undergo (v. t.) To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through; to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion.

Undergo (v. t.) To be the bearer of; to possess.

Undergo (v. t.) To undertake; to engage in; to hazard.

Undergo (v. t.) To be subject or amenable to; to underlie.

Undergod (n.) A lower or inferio/ god; a subordinate deity; a demigod.

Undergore (v. t.) To gore underneath.

Undergown (n.) A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.

Undergraduate (n.) A member of a university or a college who has not taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed his course.

Undergraduate (a.) Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, or the body of undergraduates.

Undergraduateship (n.) The position or condition of an undergraduate.

Undergroan (v. t.) To groan beneath.

Underground (n.) The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space.

Underground (a.) Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment.

Underground (a.) Done or occurring out of sight; secret.

Underground (adv.) Beneath the surface of the earth.

Undergrove (n.) A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones.

Undergrow (v. i.) To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height.

Undergrow (a.) Undergrown.

Undergrown (a.) Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size.

Undergrowth (n.) That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees.

Undergrub (v. t.) To undermine.

Underhand (a.) Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.

Underhand (a.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.

Underhand (adv.) By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly.

Underhand (adv.) In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling.

Underhanded (a.) Underhand; clandestine.

Underhanded (a.) Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated.

Underhandedly (adv.) In an underhand manner.

Underhang (v. t. & i.) To hang under or down; to suspend.

Underhangman (n.) An assistant or deputy hangman.

Underhead (n.) A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead.

Underheave (v. i.) To heave or lift from below.

Underhew (v. t.) To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain.

Underhonest (a.) Not entirely honest.

Underhung (a.) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door.

Underhung (a.) Having the lower jaw projecting.

Underjaw (n.) The lower jaw.

Underjoin (v. t.) To join below or beneath; to subjoin.

Underkeep (v. t.) To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress.

Underkeeper (n.) A subordinate keeper or guardian.

Underkind (n.) An inferior kind.

Underkingdom (n.) A subordinate or dependent kingdom.

Underlaborer (n.) An assistant or subordinate laborer.

Underlaid (a.) Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lying underneath.

Underlay (v. t.) To lay beneath; to put under.

Underlay (v. t.) To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2.

Underlay (n.) To put a tap on (a shoe).

Underlay (v. i.) To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.

Underlay (n.) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.

Underlay (n.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression.

Underlayer (n.) One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.

Underlayer (n.) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.

Underleaf (n.) A prolific sort of apple, good for cider.

Underlease (n.) A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds; a sublease.

Underlet (v. t.) To let below the value.

Underlet (v. t.) To let or lease at second hand; to sublet.

Underletter (n.) A tenant or lessee who grants a lease to another.

Underlie (v. t.) To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.

Underlie (v. t.) To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.

Underlie (v. t.) To be subject or amenable to.

Underlie (v. i.) To lie below or under.

Underlie (n.) See Underlay, n., 1.

Underline (v. t.) To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.

Underline (v. t.) To influence secretly.

Underling (n.) An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.

Underlip (n.) The lower lip.

Underlock (n.) A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.

Underlocker (n.) A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also underviewer.

Underlying (a.) Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.

Undermanned (a.) Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.

Undermasted (a.) Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels.

Undermaster (n.) A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant master.

Undermatch (n.) One who is not a match for another.

Undermeal (n.) The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon.

Undermeal (n.) Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a siesta.

Undermine (v. t.) To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall.

Undermine (v. t.) Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state.

Underminer (n.) One who undermines.

Underminister (v. t.) To serve, or minister to, in a subordinate relation.

Underministry (n.) A subordinate or inferior ministry.

Undermirth (n.) Suppressed or concealed mirth.

Undermoneyed (a.) Bribed.

Undermost (a.) Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition.

Undern (n.) The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper.

Underneath (adv.) Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil.

Underneath (prep.) Under; beneath; below.

Underniceness (n.) A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.

Undernom (imp.) of Undernime

Undernime (v. t.) To receive; to perceive.

Undernime (v. t.) To reprove; to reprehend.

Underofficer (n.) A subordinate officer.

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