underfoot

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English underfoote, underfote, equivalent to under- +‎ foot. Cognate with Middle Dutch ondervoet (“underfoot”). Compare also Middle Low German undervôt (“pedestal, base”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ʌndɚˈfʊt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʌndəˈfʊt/ === Adjective === underfoot (not comparable) Situated under one's foot or feet. In the way; placed so as to obstruct or hinder. Downtrodden; abject. === Adverb === underfoot (not comparable) Under one's foot or feet. In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === underfoot (plural underfoots) A storage compartment that sits below the deck of a boat. === Verb === underfoot (third-person singular simple present underfoots, present participle underfooting, simple past and past participle underfooted) (transitive) To provide a footing beneath; to shore up or underpin. (accounting) To assign a column summary that is less than the sum of all the entries in that column. === References === “underfoot”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.