noun
definition
A storage compartment that sits below the deck of a boat.
verb
definition
To provide a footing beneath; to shore up or underpin.
definition
To assign a column summary that is less than the sum of all the entries in that column.
adjective
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Situated under one's foot or feet.
definition
In the way; placed so as to obstruct or hinder.
definition
Downtrodden; abject.
adverb
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Under one's foot or feet.
example
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.
definition
In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder.
example
It would be easier to do a big project like that someday when we don't have a bunch of newcomers underfoot.