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| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | Cutting away at the base, or underpart, of a hydraulic structure by the action of water. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Erosion which occurs in the upstream end of the valley of a stream, causing it to lengthen its course in such direction ; lengthening and cutting upstream of a young valley or gully above the original source of its stream, effected by erosion of the upland at the valley head; it is accomplished by rainwash, gullying, spring sapping and the slumping of material into the head of the growing. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geography | The removal of material at the base of a slope or streambank by the erosive action of water. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The process of cutting under the face of a coal seam with a machine so the coal can be shot down readily. b. A quarrying method intermediate between open pit and adit. Channel cuts, or separations made by wire saws or other means along the quarry walls, are slanted outward; thus, the floorspace is enlarged gradually. Wings or buttresses of stone may be left at intervals for wall support. c. The making of a cut, by hand or coal cutter, along the floor level in a coal seam to ease its working by hand or breaking by explosive.See also:undercut; floor cut; holing. (references) |
Public Administration | Selling at prices that are much lower than those at which most other suppliers are selling. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: UNDERCUTTING |
| English words defined with "UNDERCUTTING": Holing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "UNDERCUTTING": blind shearing, board run, breast machine ♦ caved stope ♦ entry driver ♦ gang miner ♦ hanging coal ♦ machine boss, mine captain, muck boss ♦ on-the-solid ♦ PROFILING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ recessing-machine operator, room boss ♦ scrapping bottom coal, SECTION SUPERVISOR, shift boss, syndicate man. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Intense competition among foreign companies can lead to price undercutting, which destroys the already slim profit margin on the project. (references) | |
Economic History | Taiwan | Firms that charge too much for their products in Taiwan can expect to find parallel importers undercutting their efforts. (references) |
Worker Rights | Russia | Courts often insist that cases be filed individually, in contradiction to the Law on Trade Unions, thereby undercutting union attempts to include the entire membership in one case. (references) |
Pakistan | Contract labor continues to flourish, undercutting the power of the unions and exploiting workers who are willing to work on temporary contracts with fewer benefits and no job security. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "UNDERCUTTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 92.59% of the time. "UNDERCUTTING" is used about 27 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 (-ing form) | 92.59% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.7% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.7% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 27 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
undercutting | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "UNDERCUTTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tilbagegående erosion (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion), erosion i et vandloebs oevre del (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | terugschrijdende rivierdalerosie (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion), terugschrijdende erosie (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion), prijsbederf (dumping, price cutting, underselling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | takeneva eroosio (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion), takaperoinen eroosio (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion), altasyöpyminen (undermining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sapement (undermining), déchaussement (unearthing), affouillement (undermining, undermining scouring, underwashing), érosion régressive. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Unterspuelen (undermining), Unterspülung (caving, plunge pool, pothole, sapping, scour, scour basin, undermining, underwashing, wash out), Unterschneidung (caving, sapping, scour), Unterhöhlung (caving, sapping, scour), rueckschreitende Eintiefung (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion), retrograde Erosion (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion), rückschreitende Erosion (backward erosion, head erosion, headcut erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, knickpoint retreat, regressive erosion, retrograde erosion, retrogressive erosion), Aushoehlen (undermining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υποσκαφή (scour, undermining, washout), αναποδιστική διάβρωσις (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scalzamento (caving, sapping, scour, undermining, underwashing, wash out), erosione retrograda (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion), erosione regressiva (backward erosion, head erosion, headcut erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, knickpoint retreat, regressive erosion, retrograde erosion, retrogressive erosion), affossamento (caving, dig in, plough in, pothole, sapping, scour, scour hole, scouring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ercuttingunday solapamento (undermining, washout), erosão regressiva (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion). (various references) подтравливание. (various references) socavación (plunge pool, plunge pool action, pothole, scour, scour basin, undermining, undermining scouring, underwashing, washing away, washout), erosión regresiva (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion), descalce (bossing, undermining). (various references) underminering (scour, undermining), bakåtskridande erosion (backward erosion, head erosion, headward erosion, headwater erosion, regressive erosion, retrogressive erosion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "UNDERCUTTING" (pronounced u"nderku'ting) |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-g-i-n-n-r-t-t-u-u" | |
-3 letters: curetting, recutting, tinctured. | |
-4 letters: centring, duetting, enduring, eructing, intercut, inturned, nutrient, reducing, reinduct, retuning, tincture, trending, undercut, untinged, unturned, ununited, uttering. | |
-5 letters: cittern, cringed, curding, cutting, denting, deucing, ducting, dungier, dunnite, dunting, durning, educing, enduing, enuring, gittern, grinned, gritted, grunted, grutten, guttier, inducer, intrude, inurned, netting, nuttier, nutting, rending, renting, retting, ringent, rutting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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