prep. 25B6; preposition
they hid under a bush : BENEATH, below, underneath.
the rent is under £250 : LESS THAN, lower than, below.
branch managers are under the retail director : SUBORDINATE TO, junior to, inferior to, subservient to, answerable to, responsible to, subject to, controlled by.
forty homes are under construction : UNDERGOING, in the process of.
the town was under water : FLOODED BY, immersed in, submerged by, sunk in, engulfed by, inundated by.
our finances are under pressure : SUBJECT TO, liable to, at the mercy of.
above, over.
25B6; adverb coughing and spluttering she went under : DOWN, lower, below, underneath, beneath; underwater.