单词 | undergrowing |
释义 | undergrowingadj.ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adjective] > occurring or happening undergrowinga1440 occurrentc1484 happening1530 contingent1532 occursive1592 occurring1627 coming1697 a1440 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 16 But dyuerse vndirgrowynge ympedymentys, and, at the last, lettyng the Article of deith, that he wold had fulfillid he myght nat. 2. Growing beneath trees, etc.; growing up from below. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > plants collectively > [adjective] > forming or having undergrowth undergrowinga1586 undergrown1895 understorey1975 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. f. 179v Sitting her downe vnder one of them, and making a posie of the fayer vndergrowinge flowers. 1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 17 On his legs Like fetters hang the vnder growing Segs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.a1440 |
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