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underfooting

underfooting noun: the terrain or other surface underfoot. Also the present participle and gerund of underfoot.

Noun

underfooting (usually uncountable, plural underfootings)

  1. (usually) The terrain or other surface underfoot.
    • The underfooting is mostly duff and sand, through alternating forest and meadow.2006, Kathy Morey, Mike White, Stacey Corless, Sierra South: Backcountry Trips in Californias Sierra Nevada, page 250

Also used as

underfooting is also the present participle and gerund of underfoot.

Forms of underfooting

pluralunderfootings

Origin of underfooting

From underfoot + -ing.

Questions about underfooting

What does underfooting mean?
Underfooting means the terrain or other surface underfoot.
What part of speech is underfooting?
Underfooting is a noun.
What is the plural of underfooting?
The plural of underfooting is underfootings.

Words near underfooting in the dictionary

  1. underfonged
  2. underfonging
  3. underfongs
  4. underfoot
  5. underfooted
  6. underfooting
  7. underfootings
  8. underfootman
  9. underfootmen
  10. underfoots
  11. underforest

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