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UNDERSHOOT
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Irregular inflected form: undershot
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they undershoot ... he / she / it undershoots
Past simple: undershot
Past participle: undershot
-ing form: undershooting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shoot short of or below (a target)
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "undershoot" is one way to...):
miss (fail to reach)
"Undershoot" entails doing...:
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
overshoot (shoot beyond or over (a target))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fall short of (the runway) in a landing
Example:
The plane undershot the runway
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "undershoot" is one way to...):
land; set down (reach or come to rest)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
