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underwater | x |

As an adjective underwater

is (not comparable) beneath the surface of the water, or of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.

As an adverb underwater

is going beneath the surface of the water.

As a noun underwater

is underlying water or body of water, for example in an aquifer or the deep ocean.

As a verb underwater

is (agriculture|horticulture) to water or irrigate insufficiently.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

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

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----