underlead

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noun

A lead of a low card when holding the top card or cards in a suit.

OriginEnglish lead ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

noununderlead (plural underleads)

plural underleads

  1. bridgeA lead of a low card when holding the top card or cards in a suit.
verbunderlead (third-person singular simple present underleads, present participle underleading, simple past and past participle underled)

present singular third person underleads · participle present underleading · participle past underled · past underled

  1. bridgeTo lead a low card when holding the top card or cards in a suit.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishlead
  13. Englishunderlead

From under- + lead.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

underlead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underlead

MLA

“underlead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underlead. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underlead,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underlead.

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