underfoot

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Situated under one's foot or feet.
2. (not-comparable) In the way; placed so as to obstruct or hinder.
3. (not-comparable) Downtrodden; abject.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Under one's foot or feet.
2. (not-comparable) In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder.

Noun

A storage compartment that sits below the deck of a boat.

Verb

1. (transitive) To provide a footing beneath; to shore up or underpin.
2. To assign a column summary that is less than the sum of all the entries in that column.

Sinonieme

encumber

implicated

on the ground

tread

at one’s feet

Vertalings

bajo los pies

καταγής

unter den Füßen

am Boden

unter die Füße

υπό τους πόδας

à ses pieds

sous les pieds

cubierto de trastos

ayaklar altında

تحت القدمين

yolda

unten

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ʌndɚˈfʊt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: underfoote

Verwante met Middle Dutch: ondervoet

Verwante met Middle Low German: undervôt

In summary

From Middle English underfoote, underfote, equivalent to under- + foot. Cognate with Middle Dutch ondervoet (“underfoot”). Compare also Middle Low German undervôt (“pedestal, base”).