Definition of under

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Under (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..

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Underwork :: Underwork (v. i.) To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.
Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
Primordially :: Primordially (adv.) At the beginning; under the first order of things; originally.
Pretence :: Pretence (n.) The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death..
Fault :: Fault (v. i.) To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong..
Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction..
Undercurrent :: Undercurrent (n.) A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface..
Underwork :: Underwork (v. t.) To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another..
Undertake :: Undertake (v. i.) To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety.
Adventurous :: Adventurous (n.) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song..
Grugru Palm :: Grugru palm () A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree, under Macaw..
Fro :: Fro (adv.) From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To..
Myzostomata :: Myzostomata (n. pl.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side..
Dark :: Dark (a.) Not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.
Chaser :: Chaser (n.) Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern..
Sea Rocket :: Sea rocket () See under Rocket.
Underwork :: Underwork (v. t.) To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting..
Crab Tree :: Crab tree () See under Crab.
Invert :: Invert (v. i.) To undergo inversion, as sugar..
Ambulacrum :: Ambulacrum (n.) One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays..
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