underscore

4 definitions found

underscore - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Underscore \Un`der*score"\, v. t.
     To draw a mark or line under; to underline. --J. Tucker.
     [1913 Webster]

underscore - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  underscore
      n 1: a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)
           [syn: underscore, underline]
      v 1: give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture
           emphasized her words" [syn: underscore, underline,
           emphasize, emphasise]
      2: draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to [syn:
         underline, underscore]

underscore - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  underscore
  
     <character> _, ASCII 95.
  
     Common names: ITU-T: underline; underscore; underbar; under.
     Rare: score; backarrow; skid; INTERCAL: flatworm.
  
     See also left arrow.
  
     (1995-03-06)
  

underscore - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "underscore":
     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, 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, underline,
     underlining, underscoring, virgule