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Underwater - What does it mean?

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underwater

English

Adjective

(wikipedia underwater) (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) beneath the surface of the water, or of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface
  • (nautical) beneath the water line of a vessel
  • (figuratively) Under water.
  • (finance) having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value
    • We've been underwater on our mortgage ever since the housing crash.
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 2013-05-13 , title = Underwater , series = , medium = Television , network = A&E , number = 9 , people = Matthew MacCaull , role = Matt Bronstein , passage = You're underwater . The best thing you can do is just walk away. Let the bank take it back. }}

    Synonyms

    * (beneath the water surface ): subaqueous, subaquatic, submarine * (having negative equity ): upside down

    Related terms

    * underground * underseas

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • going beneath the surface of the water

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • underlying water or body of water, for example in an aquifer or the deep ocean
  • (fishing) A type of lure which lies beneath the water surface.
  • * {{quote-book, 1923, Sheridan R. Jones, Bait Casting: The Short Rod and How to Use It, page=57 citation
    • , passage=Practically all wobbling underwaters will take fish aplenty in the hands of a man who really knows how to put them through their stints. }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (agriculture, horticulture) to water or irrigate insufficiently

    • Antonyms

    * afloat

    See also

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    Not English

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