Crossword clues for underscore
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Underscore \Un`der*score"\, v. t.
To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
--J. Tucker.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character (unsupported: _). 2 (context music English) A piece of background music. vb. 1 To underline; to mark a line beneath text. 2 To emphasize or draw attention to.
WordNet
Wikipedia
The underscore [ _ ] (also called understrike, underbar, low line, or low dash) is a character that originally appeared on the typewriter and was primarily used to underline words. To produce an underlined word, the word was typed, the typewriter carriage was moved back to the beginning of the word, and the word was overtyped with the underscore character.
This character is sometimes used to create visual spacing within a sequence of characters, where a whitespace character is not permitted, e.g., in computer filenames, email addresses, and in Internet URLs. Some computer applications will automatically underline text surrounded by underscores: _underlined_ will render underlined. It is often used in plain text-only media ( IRC, instant messaging, classical Email) for this purpose. When the underscore is used for emphasis in this fashion, it is usually interpreted as indicating that the enclosed text is underlined (as opposed to being italicized or bold, which is indicated by /slashes/ or *asterisks*, respectively).
The underscore is not the same character as the dash character, although one convention for text news wires is to use an underscore when an em-dash or en-dash is desired, or when other non-standard characters such as bullets would be appropriate. A series of underscores [like ___-______ ] may be used to create a blank to be filled in on a form, although the resulting blank may have tiny gaps between each individual underscore. It is also sometimes used to create a horizontal line; other symbols with similar graphemes, such as hyphens and dashes, are also used for this purpose.
Usage examples of "underscore".
Finding this piece underscored the gulf separating her from the antiquarian community.
Or, to reverse tacks: does this scene along with the other examples of female masochism underscore the alignment Freud makes between femininity and masochism that Silverman critiques?
But he did not mention the fact that after she did thisafter she had underscored and overscored these letters and made them the plainest and most conclusive proof of her forgeryshe still kept those love letters!
Such repetition is underscored throughout the trilogy, by details that have less significance in themselves than as signposts of structure.
Hall of Parliament might have been forgotten, but the cymek attack had underscored her point about the vulnerability of the Unallied Planets.
Finally, in thinking they could use a mobster to trap a terrorist, the story underscores the apparent naivete of FBI agents and prosecutors in the Southern District.
He shot Andi a cold stare, holding her eyes until breaking away with a little underscoring nod.
The hands seek to hide the genitals but, as she seems to realize, the breasts are on view, and the expression on the face underscores the lopsidedness of the contest: naked bodies are vulnerable, cannot adequately shield themselves from harm or invading eyes.
Always--semper--Cecil had written and underscored also, look for who will profit monetarily, politically, or even passionately in affairs of the heart--including vengeance.
To underscore her defiance and the futility of international words without teeth, Japanese troops took over Jehol, another province north of the Wall, and then crossed over into Hopei, where they established a demilitarized zone 30 to 40 miles wide between Peiping and Tientsin into which Chinese troops could not enter without Japanese consent.
Somehow it underscored the scoliotic slump of his shoulders, the concavity of his chest, the hirsute tabescence of his limbs.
To underscore their moment, various of the rings winked in a random scattering of varicolored flashes and glows.
However, this only served to underscore the divisions on the Council because it passed with five abstentions, including France, Russia, and China.
But the strongest lines, those underscoring his determination to maintain American neutrality, were delivered directly for the benefit of Congress and the foreign diplomats present, not to say the opposition press.
But he did not mention the fact that after she did thisafter she had underscored and overscored these letters and made them the plainest and most conclusive proof of her forgeryshe still kept those love letters!