underwater

English

Adjective

Wikipedia

underwater (comparative more underwater, superlative most underwater)

1. (not comparable) beneath the surface of the water, or of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface
2. (nautical) beneath the water line of a vessel
3. (finance) having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value

   We've been underwater on our mortgage ever since the housing crash.

Translations

beneath the water surface

Chinese: Mandarin: 水下 (cmn) (shuǐxià) Esperanto: subakva (eo) Finnish: vedenalainen (fi) German: unter Wasser, Unterwasser-

Japanese: 水中の (ja) (すいちゅうの, suichū no) Korean: 수중 (sujung) Polish: podwodny (pl) m. Russian: подводный (ru) (podvódnyj) Welsh: tanddwr (cy)

nautical: beneath the water line

Chinese: Mandarin: 水下 (cmn) (shuǐxià)

Finnish: vedenalainen (fi)

Synonyms

• (beneath the water surface): subaqueous
• (having negative equity): upside down

Related terms

• underground
• underseas

Noun

underwater (plural underwaters)

1. underlying water or body of water, for example in an aquifer or the deep ocean
2. (fishing) A type of lure which lies beneath the water surface.
   • 1923, Sheridan R. Jones, Bait Casting: The Short Rod and How to Use It^[1], page 57:

     Practically all wobbling underwaters will take fish aplenty in the hands of a man who really knows how to put them through their stints.

Verb

underwater (third-person singular simple present underwaters, present participle underwatering, simple past and past participle underwatered)

1. (agriculture, horticulture) to water or irrigate insufficiently

Antonyms

• afloat

See also

• underwater on Wikipedia.Wikipedia