underwater

Alternative forms

 * under water
 * under-water

Adjective

 * 1)  Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
 * Watch out for underwater obstacles.
 * He was a pioneer in underwater exploration.
 * 1)  Beneath the water line of a vessel.
 * When the ship was brought into dry dock, it was found that she had underwater damage.
 * 1)  In difficulty, especially financially.
 * 2)  Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
 * We've been underwater on our mortgage ever since the housing crash.
 * 1)  Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.
 * 1)  Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.

Synonyms

 * subaqueous, subaquatic, submarine
 * upside down

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: sualtı
 * Belarusian: падво́дны
 * Bulgarian: подводен
 * Catalan: submarina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, onderwater-
 * Esperanto: subakva
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: წყალქვეშა
 * German: unter Wasser, Unterwasser-
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὕφυδρος
 * Irish: faoi uisce, faoi thoinn
 * Italian:, sottacqua,
 * Japanese: 水中の
 * Kazakh: су асты
 * Korean:
 * Latin: summersus
 * Latvian: zemūdens
 * Navajo: táłtłʼáahdi
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk: undervass-
 * Persian:, تحت‌البحری
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , submarinho
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tajik: зериобӣ
 * Tamil: நீருக்கடியில்
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: підво́дний
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian: под ватерлинията
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Irish: faoi uisce
 * Polish:

Adverb

 * 1) So as to go beneath the surface of the water.
 * Can you swim underwater?

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: debaixo d'água

Noun

 * 1) Underlying water or body of water, for example in an aquifer or the deep ocean.
 * 2)  A type of lure which lies beneath the water surface.

Alternative forms

 * under-water

Verb

 * 1)  To water or irrigate insufficiently.
 * Care must be taken not to underwater houseplants in the summer.