underwater

Meanings

Adjective

• Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
• Beneath the water line of a vessel.
• In difficulty, especially financially.
• Having negative equity; owing more on an asset than its market value.
• Of an option, having a strike price higher (call options) or lower (put options) than the current market price of the underlying asset or financial product; for example, an option to buy shares at $20 when the current market price is $15.

Adverb

• So as to go beneath the surface of the water.

Noun

• A type of lure which lies beneath the water surface.

Verb

• To water or irrigate insufficiently.

Related

Similar words

• subaqueous, subaquatic, submarine
• upside down

Opposite words

• above water, above-water
• overwater

Origin

• under + water
• under- + water