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# underwater

«underwater» in Mova's school dictionary: **below the surface of water, or done or used under water** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (underwater); adverb (underwater)

### meaning for a pupil

Underwater means below the surface of water, or done or used under water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwater/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in science and nature: underwater animals and plants, coral reefs, submarines. In swimming and safety: holding your breath underwater; goggles help you see underwater; never push others underwater. Phrases: "underwater camera", "swim underwater".

### examples

- Fish breathe underwater using gills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwater/#x1)
- She can swim underwater for ten seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwater/#x2)
- We wore goggles to see underwater. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwater/#x3)
- Submarines travel underwater. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwater/#x4)
- An underwater camera took photos of the reef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwater/#x5)
- Never hold someone underwater as a joke; it is dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwater/#x6)

### note

Written as one word. Compare "under water" (two words) for "covered by water": the road was under water after the flood.

### In the corpora

- [The diving bell spider of European ponds lives underwater in a silk tent filled with air from the surface.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/18/)
- [Beavers can stay underwater for about 15 minutes, and see-through eyelids work like swimming goggles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/242-animal-builders-beavers-dams-and-lodges/12/)
- [The star-nosed mole swims in North American wetlands and smells underwater by blowing little bubbles onto things and sniffing them back in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/8/)
- [Holding your breath underwater too long can make you black out without warning, and many people drown that way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/315-dares-surprises-and-being-trusted/20/)
- [An adult mayfly lives about a day, after a year or more as a nymph underwater.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/128-growing-up-ages-dog-years/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «underwater» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwater/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.