Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
To see or look under or below; see below the surface of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To look intently into; examine; inspect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To neglect; fail to see properly or adequately; turn a blind eye to; ignore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
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verb
To supervise from below.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, nonce-word, transitive
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History
From under- + see. Cognate with Dutch onderzien (“to see below”), German untersehen (“to see below”).
