Underfoot
[ʌndə'fʊt] or [,ʌndɚ'fʊt]
Definition
(adv.) under the feet; 'trampled the beans underfoot'; 'green grass growing underfoot'.
(adv.) in the way and hindering progress; 'a house with children and pets and toys always underfoot'.
Inputed by Lawrence--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Under the feet; underneath; below. See Under foot, under Foot, n.
(a.) Low; base; abject; trodden down.
Checker: Wayne
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Under the feet.
Editor: Ramon
Definition
adj. downtrodden abject.—v.t. to shore up to underpin.—adv. under the feet below.
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Examples
- Forgive my enthusiasm; I am becoming excited; but when I see her trampled underfoot, I am angry at the authors of her disgrace. Plato. The Republic.
- The grass was lush underfoot after the pineneedle floor of the forest and the dew on the grass wet through their canvas rope-soled shoes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Dismounted warriors were trampled underfoot in the stampede which followed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There was the raw, half-lighted, covered-in vastness of the dark place, boarded and hollow underfoot, with only desolation everywhere. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And all around was this cradle of snow, and there was firm snow underfoot, that struck with heavy cold through her boot-soles. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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