underwater

«underwater» in Mova's school dictionary: below the surface of water, or done or used under water — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (underwater); adverb (underwater)

meaning for a pupil

Underwater means below the surface of water, or done or used under water. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in science and nature: underwater animals and plants, coral reefs, submarines. In swimming and safety: holding your breath underwater; goggles help you see underwater; never push others underwater. Phrases: "underwater camera", "swim underwater".

examples

• Fish breathe underwater using gills. tree →
• She can swim underwater for ten seconds. tree →
• We wore goggles to see underwater. tree →
• Submarines travel underwater. tree →
• An underwater camera took photos of the reef. tree →
• Never hold someone underwater as a joke; it is dangerous. tree →

note

Written as one word. Compare "under water" (two words) for "covered by water": the road was under water after the flood.

In the corpora

• The diving bell spider of European ponds lives underwater in a silk tent filled with air from the surface.
• Beavers can stay underwater for about 15 minutes, and see-through eyelids work like swimming goggles.
• The star-nosed mole swims in North American wetlands and smells underwater by blowing little bubbles onto things and sniffing them back in.
• Holding your breath underwater too long can make you black out without warning, and many people drown that way.
• An adult mayfly lives about a day, after a year or more as a nymph underwater.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «underwater» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.