"understroke" meaning in English

See understroke in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)stɹəʊk/, /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈstɹəʊk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-understroke.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-understroke2.wav
Etymology: From under- + stroke. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|stroke}} under- + stroke Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} understroke (not comparable)
  1. Being or relating to an upstrike typewriter. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-understroke-en-adj-Nh3pkQoR

Noun

IPA: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)stɹəʊk/, /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈstɹəʊk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-understroke.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-understroke2.wav Forms: understrokes [plural]
Etymology: From under- + stroke. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|stroke}} under- + stroke Head templates: {{en-noun}} understroke (plural understrokes)
  1. A lower or underlining stroke in writing.
    Sense id: en-understroke-en-noun-wGCE7uGK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with under-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 69 13 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 18 69 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 17 56 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 73 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 75 6

Verb

IPA: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)stɹəʊk/, /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈstɹəʊk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-understroke.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-understroke2.wav Forms: understrokes [present, singular, third-person], understroking [participle, present], understroked [participle, past], understroked [past]
Etymology: From under- + stroke. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|stroke}} under- + stroke Head templates: {{en-verb}} understroke (third-person singular simple present understrokes, present participle understroking, simple past and past participle understroked)
  1. (transitive) To underline or underscore. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-understroke-en-verb-IAPfaT83

Inflected forms

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