(obsolete, rare) A wave. / (heraldry) A billow- or wave-like marking.

plural of und

A proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music which occurred from the late 1760s to the early 1780s, emphasizing individual subjectivity and the free expression of emotions.

(intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath something. / (transitive) To lie under or beneath. / (transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.

simple past tense of underlie

(transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under. / (transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.

A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum. / A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet. / Anything that is underlaid.

(idiomatic, transitive) To motivate or encourage (someone) to start sooner or move faster.

(idiomatic) Completely controlled by someone; at someone's command.

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. / The character _.