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UNDERCUT

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Irregular inflected form: undercutting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cut made underneath to remove material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("undercut" is a kind of...):

cut; cutting (the act of cutting something into parts)

Derivation:

undercut (cut away the underpart of)

undercut (cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball

Example:

cuts do not bother a good tennis player

Synonyms:

cut; undercut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("undercut" is a kind of...):

shot; stroke ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand)

Domain category:

squash; squash rackets; squash racquets (a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets)

badminton (a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net)

lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)

Derivation:

undercut (strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("undercut" is a kind of...):

notch (a V-shaped or U-shaped indentation carved or scratched into a surface)

forestry (the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber)

Derivation:

undercut (cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column

Synonyms:

tenderloin; undercut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("undercut" is a kind of...):

cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "undercut"):

beef tenderloin (beef loin muscle)

pork tenderloin (pork loin muscle)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The material removed by a cut made underneath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("undercut" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Derivation:

undercut (cut away the underpart of)

undercut (cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "undercut" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

"Undercut" entails doing...:

cut down; drop; fell; strike down (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

undercut (a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "undercut" is one way to...):

hit (cause to move by striking)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

undercut ((sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cut away the underpart of

Example:

undercut a vein of ore

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "undercut" is one way to...):

cut away (remove by cutting off or away)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

undercut (a cut made underneath to remove material)

undercut (the material removed by a cut made underneath)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "undercut" is one way to...):

cut away (remove by cutting off or away)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

undercut (a cut made underneath to remove material)

undercut (the material removed by a cut made underneath)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Sell cheaper than one's competition

Synonyms:

undercut; undersell

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "undercut" is one way to...):

sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)

"Undercut" entails doing...:

discount (give a reduction in price on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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