underwater

  1. Adjective.  (not comparable) beneath the surface of the water, or of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
  2. Adjective.  (nautical) beneath the water line of a vessel.
  3. Adjective.  (finance) having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
  4. Noun.  underlying water or body of water, for example in an aquifer or the deep ocean.
  5. Noun.  (fishing) A type of lure which lies beneath the water surface.
  6. Verb.  (agriculture, horticulture) to water or irrigate insufficiently.

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