Meaning

8 senses
  1. A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.

    the material removed by a cut made underneath

  2. The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.

    Fallkerb

    спилspil

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

  3. The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.

  4. A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top.

    Undercut

  5. A blow dealt upward.

  6. A section of a mold or pattern with negative draft angle

  7. A pit stop strategy in which a driver seeks to gain an advantage over someone by pitting before them and using fresh tyres to make up time.

  8. The continuation of the saddle of a rabbit's coat toward the front legs.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Our competitor is undercutting our prices.

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  2. The company is undercutting the whole tech industry.

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  3. I got my pronouns shaved into my undercut and dyed my hair blue.

    deIch ließ mir meine Pronomen in den Undercut rasieren und färbte mir die Haare blau.

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  4. Over time, wave action undercuts sea cliffs and thereby causes them to fall into the ocean.

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  5. Europe's overproduction is undercutting Algeria's agricultural sector.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
notch cut in a tree:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
notch cut in a tree:
hairstyle:

Origin

From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.

From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.

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Forms

plural: undercuts
Singularundercut
Pluralundercuts

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball:cut
  • the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column:tenderloin

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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