Definitions for underline

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underline un·der·line

Spelling: [verb uhn-der-lahyn, uhn-der-lahyn; noun

IPA: /verb ˈʌn dərˌlaɪn, ˌʌn dərˈlaɪn; noun ˈʌn dərˌlaɪn/

Underline is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 250 anagrams from letters in underline (deeilnnru).

Definitions for underline

noun

1. Printing. a caption under an illustration.
2. a line drawn under something; an underscore.

verb (used with object)

1. to mark with a line or lines underneath; underscore.
2. to indicate the importance of; emphasize, as by stressing or italicizing.

Origin of underline

First recorded in 1715-25; under- + line¹

Examples for underline

Tilia thrust her face close to Rachel's to underline her words.

underline all their mistakes, and, under your eyes, make them correct the mistakes themselves.

He also came out strongly in favor of stem cell research, again using a personal family story to underline his commitment.

In this eBook, those words are emphasized with an underline.

Because, rather than underline an emotion I have readily available, it reminds me of a world I passed by without noticing.

Often in high-level diplomacy, key points made in private are restated publicly to underline their seriousness.

That omission would seem very promising, save that department officials were reluctant to underline its importance.

To underline the point, Noah Claypole “announced his intention of coming to see him hung.”

If there is anything in the article you disapprove, underline it, and perhaps I will omit.

One sentence we wish to cross out; the next we wish to underline.