adjective
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Being lower; being beneath something.
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Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
example
Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.
adverb
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In a way lower or less than.
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In a way inferior to.
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In an unconscious state.
example
It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.
preposition
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In or at a lower level than.
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As a subject of; subordinate to.
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He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.
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Less than.
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Below the surface of.
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In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
example
to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation
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As, in the character of.
example
he writes books under the name John Smith
Examples of under in a Sentence
Then the horse bunched up under him.
You're living under the same roof.
She limped after him, muttering under her breath.
Children will educate themselves under right conditions.
She pulled a handful of hay from under the tarp and fed it to the horse.
Pierre sat up on the sofa, with his legs tucked under him.
Jonathan slipped under the covers.
We played games and ate dinner under the trees, and we found ferns and wild flowers.
They were under orders to advance next day.
Maria has things under control.
Doorsill there was none, but a perennial passage for the hens under the door board.
In fact, he was under no obligation to help her get back, either.
If he had simply ignored her, she might have been able to get her emotions under control, but now a sob threatened so convincingly that she was afraid to breathe.
Were you kept under lock and key?
One day he was lying under a tree, thinking of his misfortunes.
The few freckles she had were magnified, but the dark circles under her eyes were a surprise.
At Christmas time he scattered crumbs of bread under the trees, so that the tiny creatures could feast and be happy.
Carmen kicked Alex under the table.
You are under a delusion, said Prince Vasili, as he entered.
Under what conditions can we claim victory in this war on disease?
The memory for that computer cost me $40 per MB, just under $200.
His warm hands slid under her jacket and explored her back through her T-shirt.
Heaven is under our feet is well as over our heads.
It was evident that this strange, strong man was under the irresistible influence of the dark, graceful girl who loved another.
Those broad, reddish hands, with hairy wrists visible from under the shirt cuffs, laid down the pack and took up a glass and a pipe that were handed him.
He stood over him, gazing at his head and at the little arms and legs which showed under the blanket.
Shut that fire off and get under the table.
The ice, that had held under those on foot, collapsed in a great mass, and some forty men who were on it dashed, some forward and some back, drowning one another.
Denisov lay asleep on his bed with his head under the blanket, though it was nearly noon.
Certainly she had been under a lot of stress.
Yancey stalked off to his chair, muttering something under his breath.
I figured that if Giddon was using a pseudonym, he would have to either do his banking with his own name or fill out some kind of paperwork to do business under another name.
She scrambled from underneath the wagon and hastily threw her blankets under the seat.
The chair slipped out from under me.
By around 1700, the workhouse movement was under way.
As the days wore on, the drifts gradually shrunk, but before they were wholly gone another storm came, so that I scarcely felt the earth under my feet once all winter.
The morning was bright, he had a good horse under him, and his heart was full of joy and happiness.
Only a little earth crumbled from the bank under the horse's hind hoofs.
Do you wish to enter the Brotherhood of Freemasons under my sponsorship?
How are you, how are you? he called out, still in the same voice as in the regiment, but Rostov noticed sadly that under this habitual ease and animation some new, sinister, hidden feeling showed itself in the expression of Denisov's face and the intonations of his voice.
He slid an arm under her and gently took her hand in his, planting a warm moist kiss in the center of the palm.
Ivanushka, sipping out of her saucer, looked with sly womanish eyes from under her brows at the young men.
One morning, between seven and eight, returning after a sleepless night, he sent for embers, changed his rain-soaked underclothes, said his prayers, drank tea, got warm, then tidied up the things on the table and in his own corner, and, his face glowing from exposure to the wind and with nothing on but his shirt, lay down on his back, putting his arms under his head.
I've got it under control.
The gardener put his hand under his cloak and drew out the very bag that the merchant had lost.
Why do his legs tremble under him as he walks, leaning upon a stick?
He heard a rustle behind him and a shadow appeared under the curtain of the cot.
He led the way to the door, all the while muttering something under his breath about something being stupid.
The girl flirted with him under long dark lashes.
The ice bore him but it swayed and creaked, and it was plain that it would give way not only under a cannon or a crowd, but very soon even under his weight alone.