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Rareunderfoot
The correct spelling is underfoot.
How to pronounce underfoot
IPA: /ʌndəˈfʊt/
Say it like: Und-erf-oot
The correct spelling is underfoot. A storage compartment that sits below the deck of a boat. For example: "The workers were all big, burly, hard-hearted men, tromping through the marsh in their heavy boots without sparing so much as a single thought for the masses of tiny frogs they crushed underfoot."
Usage Examples
“The workers were all big, burly, hard-hearted men, tromping through the marsh in their heavy boots without sparing so much as a single thought for the masses of tiny frogs they crushed underfoot.”
“It would be easier to do a big project like that someday when we don't have a bunch of newcomers underfoot.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A storage compartment that sits below the deck of a boat.
verb
- 1.To provide a footing beneath; to shore up or underpin.
- 2.To assign a column summary that is less than the sum of all the entries in that column.
adjective
- 1.Situated under one's foot or feet.
- 2.In the way; placed so as to obstruct or hinder.
- 3.Downtrodden; abject.
adverb
- 1.Under one's foot or feet.
- 2.In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder.
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