Underfollow
Un′der‐fol″low (?), v. t. To follow closely or immediately after. Wyclif.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Underfong
Un′der‐fong″ (?), v. t. [AS. underfongen, p. p. of underfōn to undertake; under under + fōn to take. See Fang to seize.] 1. To undertake; to take in hand; to receive. Piers Plow...
Underfoot
Un′der‐foot″ (?), adv. Under the feet; underneath; below. See Under foot, under Foot, n.
Underfoot (2)
Un′der‐foot″, a. Low; base; abject; trodden down.
Underfringe
Un″der‐fringe′ (?), n. A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.Broad-faced, with underfringe of russet beard. Tennyson.
Underfurnish
Un′der‐fur″nish (?), v. t. To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently. Collier.
Underfurrow
Un′der‐fur″row (?), v. t. To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure.
Underget
Un′der‐get″ (?), v. t. To get under or beneath; also, to understand. R. of Gloucester.
Undergird
Un′der‐gird″ (?), v. t. To bind below; to gird round the bottom.They used helps, undergirding the ship. Acts xxvii. 17.
Underglaze
Un″der‐glaze′ (?), a. Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; — said of colors in porcelain painting.
Undergo
Un′der‐go″ (?), v. t. [imp.Underwent (?); p. p.Undergone (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n.Undergoing.] [AS. undergān. See Under, and Go.] 1. To go or move below or under.2. To be subjec...
Undergod
Un″der‐god′ (?), n. A lower or inferior god; a subordinate deity; a demigod.
Undergore
Un′der‐gore″ (?), v. t. To gore underneath.
Undergown
Un″der‐gown′ (?), n. A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.An undergown and kirtle of pale sea-green silk. Sir W. Scott.
Undergraduate
Un′der‐grad″u‐ate (?), 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 (2)
Un′der‐grad″u‐ate, a. Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, or the body of undergraduates.
Undergraduateship
Un′der‐grad″u‐ate‐ship, n. The position or condition of an undergraduate.
Undergroan
Un′der‐groan (?), v. t. To groan beneath.Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. Chapman.
Underground
Un″der‐ground′ (?), n. The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space.A spirit raised from depth of underground. Shak.
Underground (2)
Un″der‐ground′, a. 1. Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment.2. Done or occurring out of sight; secret.Underground railroadorrailway. See u...
Underground (3)
Un″der‐ground′, adv. Beneath the surface of the earth.
Underground insurance
Un″der‐ground′ in‐sur″ance. Wildcat insurance.
Undergrove
Un″der‐grove′ (?), n. A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones. Wordsworth.
Undergrow
Un′der‐grow″ (?), v. i. To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height. Wyclif.
Undergrow (2)
Un′der‐grow″, a. Undergrown. Chaucer.
Undergrown
Un′der‐grown″ (?), a. Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size.
Undergrowth
Un″der‐growth′ (?), n. That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees. Milton.