'Underline' definitions:
Definition of 'underline'
(from WordNet)
noun
A line drawn underneath (especially under written matter) [syn: underscore, underline]
verb
Give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words" [syn: underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise]
verb
Draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to [syn: underline, underscore]
Definition of 'Underline'
From: GCIDE
- Underline \Un`der*line"\, v. t.
- 1. To mark a line below, as words; to underscore. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To influence secretly. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Emphasize or call attention to; highlight; as, Long waits at the emergency room underline the need for a larger hospital.
- . [JG]
Synonyms of 'underline'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accent,
- accentuate,
- band,
- bar,
- belabor,
- blaze,
- blaze a trail,
- blemish,
- blotch,
- brand,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- check,
- check off,
- cicatrize,
- cross-hatching,
- dapple,
- dash,
- define,
- delimit,
- delineation,
- demarcate,
- diagonal,
- discolor,
- dot,
- dotted line,
- dwell on,
- emphasize,
- engrave,
- feature,
- fleck,
- freckle,
- gash,
- give emphasis to,
- hachure,
- hairline,
- harp on,
- hatch,
- hatching,
- highlight,
- impress,
- imprint,
- italicize,
- legend,
- line,
- lineation,
- make a mark,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mottle,
- nick,
- notch,
- overaccentuate,
- overemphasize,
- overstress,
- pencil,
- pepper,
- place emphasis on,
- play up,
- point,
- point up,
- prick,
- print,
- punch,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- riddle,
- rub in,
- scar,
- scarify,
- score,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- seal,
- seam,
- slash,
- speck,
- speckle,
- splotch,
- spot,
- spotlight,
- stain,
- stamp,
- star,
- stigmatize,
- streak,
- streaking,
- stress,
- striate,
- striation,
- strip,
- stripe,
- striping,
- stroke,
- sublineation,
- tattoo,
- tick,
- tick off,
- trace,
- underlining,
- underscore,
- underscoring,
- virgule