under

We found some shade under a tree.

Quick, stuff the cash under the mattress!

There is nothing new under the sun.

There is an oil leak under the car.

The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.

1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC:

Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.

1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.

2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:

Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants!

1998, “SpongeBob SquarePants Theme”, in Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon (lyrics), SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme Highlights:

I crawled under the fence.

There is a tunnel under the English Channel.

From one side of to the other, passing beneath.

Interest rates are now under 1%.

We can get there in under an hour.

We were constantly under bombardment.

I can't live under these circumstances.

The matter is under investigation.

He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.

During the pandemic, we had to live under severe restrictions.

Under the law and concession agreement with other parties, the private company must pay taxes in time and on a right amount.

There is general agreement that his military forces were organized into six divisions. They were stationed at the following places: at Ti-hua under the command of Liu Hsi-tsen, at T'a-ch'eng under Chiang Sung-lin, at Ili under Niu Shih, at A-shan under Wei Chen-kuo, at A-k'o-su under Chang Tzu-t'ing, and at Ko-shih-ko-erh (Kashgar) nominally under Tsou-ying, but in reality under Chin's brother, Chin Shu-chih.

1987, Arthur C. Hasiotis, Jr., Soviet Political, Economic, and Military Involvement in Sinkiang from 1928 to 1949, Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 62:

He was then denied by a magnificent tackle from captain Terry as Liverpool continued to press - but Chelsea survived as the memories of the nightmare under Villas-Boas faded even further into the background.

2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.

2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:

Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.

File this under "i" for "ignore".

Within the category, classification or heading of.

England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.

2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:

to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation

(figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).

J.K. Rowling has written a crime novel called 'The Cuckoo's Calling' under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

2013, The Huffington Post, JK Rowling Pseudonym: Robert Galbraith's 'The Cuckoo's Calling' Is Actually By Harry Potter Author:

He writes books under the name John Smith.

She now lives under a new identity.

Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).

genitive case + འོག་ལ ('og la) (as postposition)

From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”).
Akin to German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under; also Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).


under

pulled under by the currents

weighed under by worry

The minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain / Could not bring his proud soul under.

In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.

There's quite a gap, so you may be able to sneak under.

The plants were underwatered.

Women are under-represented.

(usually in compounds) Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient.

It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.

(informal) In or into an unconscious state.

The COVID-19 epidemic and shutdown took some businesses under.

Big-box store and online retailing have driven many specialty and local retail stores under.


under

This treatment protects the under portion of the car from rust.

(in compounds) underbelly, underside, undershirt, undersecretary

The advantages he gains are of double security to him ; first, by the support of his haunches, being at all times more under than before, he learns to be more active with his hind-quarters

1835, J G. Peters, A treatise on equitation, or the art of horsemanship, page 179:

If you allow the right hand to turn under more than the left, a pull will result, and if the left is more under than the right, a sliced ball will surely follow.

1908, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, The American golfer, volumes 1-2, page 10:

The waves are so steep, they crash so fast and furious I'm more under than up.

2009, Doris Lessing, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, page 30:

The army could not keep the people under.

I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians ix:27:

When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; but the troops left us a legacy of "mahogany flats," with which their beds were so swarming that we never got them under.

1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, page 45:

In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.

Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.

(medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.

This chicken is a bit under. (insufficiently cooked)

This bag of apples feels under. (of insufficient weight)

My pay packet last week was £10 under. (of insufficient monetary amount)

My round of golf today was three under. (under par)

(informal) Having a particular property that is low, especially so as to be insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.

en-adj

under (comparative more under, superlative most under)

more under (comparative)
most under (superlative)

cut the ground from under someone's feet

one can't carry two watermelons under one arm


under

[…] standard cash count forms used to record the count and any overs or unders.

2008, G. Puttick, Sandy van Esch, The Principles and Practice of Auditing, page 609:

The amount by which an actual total is less than the expected or required amount.

I went fishing but caught nothing but unders.

Usually I am at least ten over on that course, but I have shot a couple of unders.

(informal) Something having a particular property that is low or too low.

(gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such as points scored in a game, will be below a certain stated value.