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Nouns (3)

knuckle joint, knuckle, metacarpophalangeal joint

n. a joint of a finger when the fist is closed

Verbs (2)

v. shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground

v. press or rub with the knuckles

Adverbs (11)

adv. below the horizon; "The sun went under"

adv. below some quantity or limit: "Fifty dollars or under"

adv. in or into a state of subordination or subjugation; "We must keep our disappointment under"

adv. down to defeat, death, or ruin; "The competitors went under"

adv. into unconsciousness: "This will put the patient under"

adv. through a range downward: "Children six and under will be admitted free"

under, down below

adv. "Get under quickly!"

under, below, further down

adv. "See under for further discussion"

Adjectives (3)

adj. lower in rank, power, or authority; "an under secretary"

adj. located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine"

Fuzzynyms (10)

below, beneath, to a lower place, at a lower place

adv. to a lower place

down, lower, downward, downwards, to a lower level, to a lower position

adv. "Don't fall down"

Synonyms (13)

adjunct, assistant

adj. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

adj. having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor"

buck

adj. of the lowest rank in a category: "a buck private"

adj. acting as substitute for another

adj. subject to a ruling authority; "the ruled mass"

adj. belonging to a lower class or rank

subject, dependent

adj. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"

adj. compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw

adj. occurring at a relatively low altitude; "a low-level strafing run"

adj. having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level; "low-lying clouds"

Antonyms (0)

knuckle under

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