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UNDERSIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lower side of anything
Synonyms:
bottom; underside; undersurface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("underside" is a kind of...):
face; side (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "underside"):
base (a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit)
bilge (where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom)
heel (the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation)
sole (the underside of footwear or a golf club)
underbelly (lower side)
Context examples:
The stand-off double coat has a distinctive gray color with a lighter undercoat and undersides.
(Norwegian Elkhound, NCI Thesaurus)
A plastic, dome-shaped device, with a catheter attached to the underside used to deliver chemotherapy to the central nervous system.
(Ommaya reservoir, NCI Thesaurus)
The brown rat has a coarse brown or black coat with a pale underside, and a long nearly hairless tail.
(BN, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
One of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex.
(Geniculate Body, NCI Thesaurus)
"Warm water circulation is attacking the undersides of these ice shelves at their most vulnerable points," said study co-author Karen Alley.
(Scientists describe how 'upside-down rivers' of warm water break Antarctica's ice shelf, Wikinews)
Scientists say this animal's plumage was chestnut-brown on top with a pale or carotenoid-colored underside.
(Scientists find dinosaur feathers preserved in amber, Wikinews)
Nearly all glacier melt occurs on the underside of the glacier beyond the grounding line, on the section floating on seawater.
(West Antarctic Glacier loss appears unstoppable, NASA)
The coat is very full, moderately long, with a ruff around the neck and extra feathering on the underside, legs, and tail.
(Belgian Sheepdog, NCI Thesaurus)
Raphael's face was found boldly executed on the underside of the moulding board, and Bacchus on the head of a beer barrel.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The shrouds were wet with moisture; it dripped from our rigging overhead; and on the underside of our booms drops of water took shape in long swaying lines, which were detached and flung to the deck in mimic showers at each surge of the schooner.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
