āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
underwater
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underwater
01
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§
situated or happening below the surface of a body of water
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He purchased an underwater camera to capture images during his snorkeling trip.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§, āĻāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻ˛ā§āĻ°
relating to organisms that live or grow beneath the surface of water
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The underwater forest thrives in the lake âs deep, clear waters.
āĻšā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ°, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
03
āĻĄā§āĻŦā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§
(of a loan, mortgage, etc.) having an outstanding balance that is greater than the current market value of the associated asset
Dialect
American
AmericanāĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Selling an underwater property often results in a financial loss for the owner.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤
underwater
01
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§, āĻāĻ˛āĻŽāĻā§āĻ¨
beneath the surface of a body of water
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They managed to escape the sinking boat by swimming underwater to a nearby island.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒā§ āĻĄā§āĻŦā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
