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UNDERRUN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Haul onto a boat

Example:

underrun the cable for repair

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

cart; drag; hale; haul (draw slowly or heavily)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Run or pass below

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

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

extend; go; lead; pass; run (stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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