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underlining

verb

Etymology

From underline + -ing.

  1. derived from linea
  2. derived from ligne
  3. derived from *līno-✻
  4. inherited from *līną✻
  5. inherited from *līnǭ✻
  6. inherited from *līnā✻
  7. inherited from līne
  8. inherited from line
  9. prefixed as underline — “under + line”
  10. suffixed as underlining — “underline + ing”

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of underline

  2. An act or instance of marking text with an underline.

    • There are so many underlinings, so many exclamation points in the margins, and so much highlighting from my many readings and appreciatings that it looks like a case of severe book abuse. It is not; these are marks of love.

  3. A lining on the inside of a garment.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA