underlining
An act or instance of marking text with an underline.
Noun
- 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...
Synonyms: underlineation
Origin
Etymology tree English underline English -ing English underlining From underline + -ing.
Forms
Noun Entry 2
- A lining on the inside of a garment.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English lining English underlining From under- + lining.
Forms
Verb
- present participle and gerund of underline