adjective In the way; placed so as to obstruct or hinder.
adjective Downtrodden; abject.
adverb Under one's foot or feet.
The workers were all big, burly, hard-hearted men, tromping through the marsh in their heavy boots without sparing so much as a single thought for the masses of tiny frogs they crushed underfoot.
adverb In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder.
It would be easier to do a big project like that someday when we don't have a bunch of newcomers underfoot.
noun A storage compartment that sits below the deck of a boat.
verb To provide a footing beneath; to shore up or underpin.
verb To assign a column summary that is less than the sum of all the entries in that column.