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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
uhn
d r
kuht
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| inflections: |
undercuts, undercutting, undercut |
| definition 1: |
to cut or cut away under or beneath, usu. so as to create an overhang.
- similar words:
- burrow, excavate, gouge, tunnel, undermine
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| definition 2: |
to sell goods or services at a lower price than (a competitor).
- synonyms:
- undersell
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| definition 3: |
to act so as to lessen the effectiveness or influence of; undermine or thwart.
The father's constant indulgence of the child undercut her mother's attempts to discipline her.- synonyms:
- foil, thwart, undermine
- similar words:
- balk, block, devitalize, enervate, frustrate, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, impair, impede, lame, paralyze, sabotage, sap, subvert, weaken
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| definition 4: |
to cut or strike (a ball) with an underhand motion, or create backspin by a downward and forward motion, as in golf or tennis.
- synonyms:
- slice
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
uhn
dr
kuht
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| definition 1: |
a cut made in an underpart, as of a riverbank.
- similar words:
- cut
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| definition 2: |
a notch cut in the lower part of a tree to direct its fall and prevent splitting.
- similar words:
- notch
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