underset

[ uhn-der-set ]

noun

1. a current of water below the surface and flowing in a direction contrary to the water on the surface.

underset

/ ˈʌndəˌsɛt /

noun

1. an ocean undercurrent
2. an underlying vein of ore

verb

1. tr to support from underneath

Word History and Origins

Origin of underset¹

First recorded in 1500–10; under- + set

Synonym Study

See undertow.

Example Sentences

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From Washington Post

When he approached it, the Thing leaped over the pale towards him, as he thought, but, on the contrary, ran quite through the yard, with his greyhound after it, to a great gate, which was underset ‘with a pair of tumbril strings,’ threw it wide open, and then vanished, while his dog returned to him, shaking and trembling exceedingly.

From Project Gutenberg

Underset, un-dėr-set′, v.t. to set under: to prop: to sublet.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

To crown all, coming into his own yard, Mr. Hopkins saw a thing like a black cat, only three times as big, sitting on the strawberry-bed glaring at him; but when he went towards it, it leaped over the pale, ran right through the yard—his greyhound after it—then flung open a gate which was “underset with a paire of Tumbrell strings,” and so vanished, leaving the greyhound in a state of extreme terror.

From Project Gutenberg

Instantly the fish leaped that vast space, alighted with its underset mouth just over the fly, which immediately rose into it and was entombed.

From Project Gutenberg