(~s, underlining, ~d)
1.
If one thing, for example an action or an event, ~s another, it draws attention to it and emphasizes its importance.
The report ~d his concern that standards were at risk...
But the incident ~s how easily things can go wrong.
= underscore
VERB: V n, V wh, also V that, V the fact that
2.
If you ~ something such as a word or a sentence, you draw a line underneath it in order to make people notice it or to give it extra importance.
Take two coloured pens and ~ the positive and negative words.
VERB: V n