underfooting

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noun

The terrain or other surface underfoot.

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Meanings

noununderfooting (usually uncountable, plural underfootings)

plural underfootings

  1. uncountableusuallyThe 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
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of underfoot

Origin

From underfoot + -ing.

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APA

underfooting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfooting

MLA

“underfooting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfooting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underfooting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underfooting.

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