underfoot.
Situated under one's foot or feet.
Meaning & usage
Situated under one's foot or feet.
In the way; placed so as to obstruct or hinder.
Downtrodden; abject.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English underfoote, underfote, equivalent to under- + foot. Cognate with Middle Dutch ondervoet (“underfoot”). Compare also Middle Low German undervôt (“pedestal, base”).
Under one's foot or feet.
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.
In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder.
It would be easier to do a big project like that someday when we don't have a bunch of newcomers underfoot.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English underfoote, underfote, equivalent to under- + foot. Cognate with Middle Dutch ondervoet (“underfoot”). Compare also Middle Low German undervôt (“pedestal, base”).
A storage compartment that sits below the deck of a boat.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English underfoote, underfote, equivalent to under- + foot. Cognate with Middle Dutch ondervoet (“underfoot”). Compare also Middle Low German undervôt (“pedestal, base”).
To provide a footing beneath; to shore up or underpin.
To assign a column summary that is less than the sum of all the entries in that column.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English underfoote, underfote, equivalent to under- + foot. Cognate with Middle Dutch ondervoet (“underfoot”). Compare also Middle Low German undervôt (“pedestal, base”).
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