underline
UK /ˈʌndəˌlaɪn/ · US /ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn/ noun, verb, adjective
Forms underlines underlining underlined
- noun A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.
- noun (uncommon) The character _.
- noun (dated) An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.
- noun (dated) A caption beneath a photograph (which may have more than one line of text).
- verb To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis. “underline the important words in the text”
- verb (figuratively) To emphasise or stress something.
- verb (figurative, obsolete) To influence secretly.
- adjective Passing under a railway line.
Synonyms
Etymology
From under- + line.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “underline”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details