under
/ˈʌndɚ/ adverb C2- In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively. · pulled under by the currents· weighed under by worry
- So as to pass beneath something. · There's quite a gap, so you may be able to sneak under.
- Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient. · The plants were underwatered.· Women are under-represented.
- In or into an unconscious state. · It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.
- Down to defeat, ruin, or death. · The COVID-19 epidemic and shutdown took some businesses under.· Big-box store and online retailing have driven many specialty and local retail stores under.
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“There are her two feet, still sticking out from under a block of wood.”
There, indeed, just under the corner of the great beam the house rested on, two feet were sticking out, shod in silver shoes with pointed toes.
The farmer carried me under his arm to the cornfield, and set me up on a tall stick, where you found me.
Toto jumped out of Dorothy’s arms and hid under the bed, and the girl started to get him.
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