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Definition: Undercut |
UndercutNoun1. The tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column. Verb1. Sell cheaper than one's competition. 2. Cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief. 3. Cut away the underpart of; "undercut a vein of ore". 4. Strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot. 5. Cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "undercut" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1893. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | The removal of metal under the edge of the resist in a printed circuit by the etchant; thus the cross section of the conductor is reduced. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The deep notch cut into the base of a tree(following laying in)to govern the direction in which it is to fall and also to prevent the butt splitting. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A cross-cut made in the underside of a felled stem or a log, so as to prevent splitting in cases where the piece on one or both sides of the cut must drop after severance, as when the stem or log bridges a gully. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | A complexity in the design of a mould which prevents the removal of the article from the compression mould without the use of a split mould. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Any protrusion or notch in a two-piece rigid mould which hinders removal of the piece from the mould. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | A groove that has been melted at the side of the weld and has not been filled in. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. To remove a horizontal section of kerf in the bottom of a block of coal to facilitate its fall. See also:underhole; undercutting b. To undermine, to hole, or to mine. To cut below or in the lower part of a coalbed by chipping away the coal with a pick or mining machine. Undercutting is usually done on the level of the floor of the mine. See also:cut; undermine c. A machine cut along floor level in a coal seam to ease its removal by hand, machine, or shotfiring. See also:holding d. Excavation of ore from beneath a larger block of ore to induce settling under its own weight e. In stoping, removal either of footwall or of the lower part of a a flattish lode, bed, or seam of ore or coal, thus facilitating detachment of the portion left hanging. Method used in block caving to induce caving in. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: UndercutSynonyms: tenderloin (n), undersell (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Undercut |
| English words defined with "undercut": bas relief, basso relievo, basso rilievo ♦ low relief. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "undercut": backcut, barber's chair, bearing-in, bid peddling, bottom-discharge conveyor bucket, bug dusting ♦ chain-machine operator, cutting machine ♦ DRILLING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ entry driver ♦ face boss, FALLER I, FALLER II, falling cut, felling cut, flame-spray operator ♦ grunching, gunning stick ♦ horizontal-drill operator ♦ induced caving ♦ jad ♦ kirvings ♦ laying in ♦ machine boss, METAL SPRAYER, MACHINED PARTS, metalizer, machined parts, metal-spray operator ♦ resue, rivelaine, rounding up, Rziha's theory ♦ setting up, SHEAR-GRINDER OPERATOR, shooting on-the-free, stumper-feller ♦ timber compass ♦ undercut ignition ♦ vertical crater retreat. (references) |
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Consumer Goods | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Erosion of coral leaving undercut mushroom-type islet. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Plane table setup on undercut coral islet Crew off of PATHFINDER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | An image showing the healthy riparian habitat. Restoration goals include undercut banks, woody debris in the water, and clean stream bottom. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. New sand deposit already being undercut after three days. Following passage of Hurricane Bob on August 19. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | They aggressively advertise in the local media and undercut each other’s prices to increase sales. (references) | |
Because of the unregulated business climate in Saudi Arabia, a number of insurance companies drastically undercut their rates, which forced them out of business as they were unable to reimburse, in time, the local health care facilities for services rendered. (references) | ||
Economic History | Afghanistan | Undercut by deep-seated divisions within the PDPA, regime efforts to broaden its base of support proved futile. (references) |
Bolivia | The economy grew impressively during Banzer's presidency, but demands for greater political freedom undercut his support. (references) | |
Niger | Drought cycles, desertification, a 3.4% population growth rate and the drop in world demand for uranium have undercut an already marginal economy. (references) | |
Human Rights | Colombia | Uscategui served a reduced sentence, however, and many human rights activists claimed that the message sent by his conviction was undercut by his early release. (references) |
Colombia | In the view of many human rights groups, the term of Uscategui's sentence and early release, although legal, severely undercut the message sent by his conviction. (references) | |
Political Economy | INDIA | However, public sector enterprises receive preferential treatment as they may undercut the lowest bid on a government contract by 10 percent. (references) |
Worker Rights | Pakistan | Strong social ties between employers and public officials at the local level further undercut the law's effectiveness. (references) |
China | Widespread official corruption, and localities' concerns to attract and keep tax paying, job-producing enterprises that might otherwise locate elsewhere, may undercut enforcement of minimum wage and other protections for workers. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | The Saudis sponsor terror, export hatred, undercut American interests and kill Americans. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Now, review this multibillion-dollar package that will not undercut our bipartisan budget agreement. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Undercut" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 49.03% of the time. "Undercut" is used about 155 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 49.03% | 76 | 38,217 |
| Noun (singular) | 27.1% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 23.23% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 0.65% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 155 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "undercut": undercut bank. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
undercut saw | 19 |
hair undercut | 5 |
undercut | 4 |
cut hair undercut | 3 |
hair style undercut | 3 |
screw undercut | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "undercut"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shkurtoj (abbreviate, abridge, ax, axe, buck, clip, compress, condense, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, detruncate, dock, epitomize, pare, poll, prune, razee, retrench, shorten, truncate, whittle down), shitje me çmime të ulëta, shes me çmime të ulëta, pres (amputate, anticipate, await, be asking for, be expecting, be on the watch, be waiting, bide, buck, chop, clip, coin, cut, cut away, cut open, detruncate, disforest, dissect, entertain, expect, exscind, fell, hew, host, knife, look for, look forward to, mince, mint, Nick, notch, obtruncate, poll, prune, screw, section, sever, shut off, sit on the fence, slash, slot, snip, take, Tarry, wait, ween, whack), kënd i përparmë, goditje që nga poshtë lart, dhëmbëzim (dentation, indent, indentation, indention, scarring, serration, toothing). (various references) | |
Arabic | قطعة من لحم خاصرة البقرة, قطع الجزء الأدنى, عرض بسعر أقل, ضرب كرة الغولف, ثلم يحدث في قاعدة الشجرة قبل قطعها. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | удар насочен нагоре, рибица, филе (filet, fillet, loin, saddle, tenderloin), конкурирам (compete, rival), подрязвам (clip, cut short, dock, lop, nip, pare, scissor, trim), подрязан (bobbed, clipped, pared, trimmed), подкопавам (break, mine, sap, shatter, undermine), подкопано място, подбивам (beat down, injure, kid, make fun of, underbid, undermine). (various references) | |
Chinese | '边. (various references) | |
Czech | snížit cenu (depreciate, mark down, reduce price), prodávat za nižší cenu než kdo, liftovat, jemná svíèková. (various references) | |
Danish | undersnit, underskaering (back draught, cutter interference), underskaaren, underfoering, underætsning, sidekaerv, modslip, forhug (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, set-up, sink, throat), afarbejdning. (various references) | |
Dutch | uitdieping, valkerf (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, set-up, sink, throat), ondersnijding (back draught, bossing), ondersnijden, ondersnede, ondermetseling, ondermaat, inkarteling, fabrikage-ondersnijding (cutter interference), achtersnijding. (various references) | |
Farsi | اززیربریدن , ببرش زیرین . (various references) | |
Finnish | vastapäästö, vastahellitys, sivupullistuma (back draught), sisennös (back draught), seläke (fillet), reunahaava, kaatokolo (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, set-up, sink, throat), allesyöpymä, alileikattu, alikoneistus. (various references) | |
French | gorge, contre-dépouille, couper, creusement souterrain, dégagement, dégagement de pied, dépouille négative, decolletage, detalonnage, diminution, caniveau, fraiser les interlames, vendre moins cher que, gravure sous-jacente, interférence de taillage, miner (undermine), morceau de filet, morsure, réduire la valeur, saignée, saper (undermine), sillon, trait de scie par en-dessous, entaille d'abattage. (various references) | |
German | unterbieten (surpass, underbid, undersell). (various references) | |
Greek | κόπτω υποκάτω, κάψιμο μετάλλου βάσεως, ξεμικάρισμα συλλέκτη, μηχανική εντομή, προεξοχή στο πίσω μέρος του καλουπιού, πωλώ ευθηνότερα (undercharge, undersell), υποκοπή (cutter interference), υποσκάπτω (mine, sap, undermine), υποχάραξη, υποτομή, φιλέτο (tenderloin), αρνητική κλίση (back draught), τομή ρίψεως (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, set-up, sink, throat), διεύρυνση από κάτω. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לערער (appeal, appeal against, dispute, subvert), ל"ציע מחיר מוך, חתך תחתי. (various references) | |
Hungarian | pecsenyeszelet, aláásás (digging under), aláás (dig under, to honeycomb, to put sand in the machines, to put sand in the wheels, to undermine, undermine). (various references) | |
Italian | vendere a prezzo inferiore, tagliare dal basso, tacca di direzione (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, set-up, sink, throat), subcorrosione, sottosquadro, solco laterale, smicare, offrire sotto costo (underbid, undersell), interferenza di taglio (cutter interference), intaccatura dal basso, incisione marginale, incavo ottenuto di macchina, contro spoglio (back draught), consolidamento delle fondamenta, colpire dal basso. (various references) | |
Manx | giarrey fo, fo-yiarrey, creck ny s'neugheyrey, bwoalley dy injil. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ercutunday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | traço inferior, rebaixar os preços, rebaixar (abase, banalize, belittle, bemean, bust, crab, debase, decry, degrade, demean, demote, denigrate, depreciate, diminish, disparage, flange, humble, humiliate, lower, mark down, put down, vilipend, vulgarize), jogar a bóia por baixo, interferência de corte (cutter interference), filete (bunting, fillet, listel), esculpir em relevo, escavar pela base, erosão (denudation), desmolde imperfeito, cortar por baixo, contra-desmolde, bordo queimado, bica (drain, faucet, fountain, gutter, spout, tap, water pipe, waterspout). (various references) | |
Russian | подрезать (dress, pare, prune, trim, trim away, trim off). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ponuditi jeftinije, podriti (subvert, undermine), podrezati (crop, trim), pečenica (loin, roast, sirloin), file (filet, fillet). (various references) | |
Spanish | vender a menor precio que, socavadura, rebajar (abase, abate, bring down, cheapen, cut, cut down, debase, decry, deduct, deflate, demean, depress, discount, dismount, dock, gear down, knock down, knock off, lessen, lower, mark down, rebate, reduce, take away, take from, take off, talk down, write down), oquedad (blowhole), interferencia de tallado (cutter interference), disminución (abatement, decline, decrease, degression, diminution, drop, fall, lessening, reduction), corte sesgado, corte de revés, cortar por debajo, contra despulla, conicidad inversa del molde (back draught), boca de caída (belly cut, birdsmouth, box, dip, face, gullet, kerf, lek, moutch, notch, round-up, scarf, set-up, sink, throat). (various references) | |
Swedish | sälja till lägre pris. (various references) | |
Turkish | sığır filetosu (sirloin, tenderloin), kesme vuruşu yapmak (slice), kesme vuruşu (slice), fiyat kırmak (beat down, cut under, knock down, knock off, lower the price, undersell), daha ucuza satmak (cut under), alttan vurmak, alttan kesilmiş kısım, altını kesmek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вирізка (rump steak), підсікати, підсікання, підрізувати (prime), підрізання. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "undercut": undercuts, undercutting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "undercut" (pronounced u"nderku't) |
| 3 | -k u' t | haircut, shortcut. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-n-r-t-u-u" | |
-1 letter: uncured. | |
-2 letters: truced, turned, uncute, untrue. | |
-3 letters: centu, crude, cruet, cured, curet, cuter, dunce, educt, eruct, nuder, recut, trend, truce, trued, tuned, tuner, uncut, under, undue. | |
-4 letters: cent, crud, cued, curd, cure, curn, curt, cute, dent, duce, duct, duet, dune, dunt, dure, durn, ecru, nerd, nude, nurd, rend, rent, rude, rued, rune, runt, tend. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-n-r-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: punctured, undercuts. | |
+2 letters: uncultured, undercount. | |
+3 letters: countersued, disjuncture, uncluttered, uncurtained, undercounts, unretouched. | |
+4 letters: disjunctures, manufactured, superconduct, thundercloud, uncirculated, undercounted, undercurrent, undercutting, uninstructed, unobstructed, unproductive, unstructured. | |
+5 letters: counterargued, nonstructured, rectitudinous, rubicundities, superconducts, thunderclouds, thunderstruck, unarticulated, unconstructed, undercounting, undercurrents, undereducated. | |
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