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Definition: Underslung |
UnderslungAdjective1. Supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below. 2. Having a lower part projecting beyond the upper; "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog". 3. Having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "underslung" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references) |
Synonyms: UnderslungSynonyms: squat (adj), underhung (adj), undershot (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: depressed-center flatcar (transportation), drop-center flatcar, helicopter underslung spray system, low-loader wagon, underslung feathering axis hub (mechanical engineering), underslung flat truck (european union, transportation), underslung flatcar (transportation), underslung load (military & defense), underslung refrigeration unit (mechanical engineering, transportation), underslung rudder (transportation), underslung vehicle (european union, transportation), well wagon (transportation). |
Crosswords: Underslung |
| English words defined with "underslung": donkey cart ♦ ponycart ♦ tub-cart. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "underslung": depressed-center flatcar ♦ hook operation ♦ underslung flatcar, underslung load, underslung refrigeration unit. (references) |
Expressions using "underslung": underslung flatcar ♦ underslung load ♦ underslung refrigeration unit. 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 |
equipment load underslung | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "underslung"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | midtmonteret redskabsramme med radrenserskaer;beskyttelsesskaer og stoettehjul (beet-hoe sets, single-sided bells and land wheels, underslung tool bar with), med redskaber ophaengt under traktoren kan en mand goere arbejdet alene (while looking forward, with underslung implements one man can do the work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | werktuigbalk midden onder de trekker met bietenstellen,bladbeschermers en steunwielen (beet-hoe sets, single-sided bells and land wheels, underslung tool bar with), bij het aanbouwen van werktuigen onder de trekker kan de trekkerbestuurder het werk alleen af (while looking forward, with underslung implements one man can do the work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | l'attelage ventral des outils permet le travail en marche avant par un seul homme (with underslung implements one man can do the work), barre porte-outils portée entre les essieux avec des houes pour betteraves,disques concaves ou coutres circulaires de protection et roues porteuses (underslung tool bar with). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | unterbaut. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | στηριζόμενοσ υπό τον άξονα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felfüggesztett teher (underslung load). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | l'attacco in basso degli attrezzi consente il lavoro in marcia avanti,con un solo uomo (while looking forward, with underslung implements one man can do the work), barra porta-attrezzi portata fra gli assali con zappette per bietole,dischi concavi di protezione e ruote di appoggio (beet-hoe sets, single-sided bells and land wheels, underslung tool bar with). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | fo-croghit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erslungunday barras porta-alfaias transportadas entre os eixos com ferros para beterrabas,discos côncavos ou relhas circulares de protecção e rodas de transporte (beet-hoe sets, single-sided bells and land wheels, underslung tool bar with), a atrelagem ventral das alfaias permite o trabalho em marcha frontal por um só homem (while looking forward, with underslung implements one man can do the work). (various references) dingil altında asılı, alçaltılmış. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-l-n-n-r-s-u-u" | |
-3 letters: gerunds, guldens, gunnels, gunners, lungers, nudgers, regulus, rundles, runnels, unglued, unglues, unruled, unslung, unurged. | |
-4 letters: dunner, gerund, gluers, gruels, gulden, gunned, gunnel, gunner, gunsel, lugers, lunged, lunger, lunges, nudger, nudges, nurled, nursed, rundle, runnel, sludge, sunder, sunned, surged, unglue, ungues, unsung, unsure, unused. | |
-5 letters: dregs, drugs, druse, duels, dulse, dunes, dungs, dures, durns. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 64 65 72 73 6C 75 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -.. . .-. ... .-.. ..- -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 01110011 01101100 01110101 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n d e r s l u n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0064 0065 0072 0073 006C 0075 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55807071848578878073 |
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