underwater
IPA: ˈʌndɝwɔtɝ
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.
verb
- (agriculture, horticulture) To water or irrigate insufficiently.
adjective
- (not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
- (nautical) Beneath the water line of a vessel.
- (figuratively) In difficulty, especially financially.
- (finance) Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
- (finance) Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.
adverb
- So as to go beneath the surface of the water.
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Examples of "underwater" in Sentences
- The rest of the ghost town is underwater.
- Stemmtore lock the chamber to the underwater.
- In the Neolithic age, the field was underwater.
- My film shows the beauty of the underwater world.
- It was the first underwater park in the United States.
- See also the section on the underwater acoustics page.
- One overriding factor is the underwater topography of the canal.
- It was at Underwater World, in the basement of the Mall of America.
- Ocean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to underwater.
- The amphitheater and the retaining wall built for the Pyramid are underwater.
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