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Verb
/ˌəndərˈkət/,
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undercut, past participle; undercuts, 3rd person singular present; undercut, past tense; undercutting, present participle;
  1. Offer goods or services at a lower price than (a competitor)
    • - these industries have been undercut by more efficient foreign producers
  2. Cut or wear away the part below or under (something, esp. a cliff)

  3. Weaken; undermine
    • - the chairman denied his authority was being undercut
  4. Cut away material to leave (a carved design) in relief

  5. (in sports such as tennis or golf) Strike (a ball) with a chopping motion so as to give it backspin

Noun
  1. A space formed by the removal or absence of material from the lower part of something, such as a cliff, a coal seam, or part of a carving in relief

  2. A notch cut in a tree trunk to guide its fall when felled

  3. The underside of a sirloin of beef

  1. the material removed by a cut made underneath
  2. undersell: sell cheaper than one's competition
  3. cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief
  4. tenderloin: the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column
  5. a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall
  6. cut away the underpart of; "undercut a vein of ore"
  7. The uppercut (formerly known as the undercut; sometimes also referred to as the upper) is a punch used in boxing that usually aims at the opponent's chin. It is, along with the cross, one of the two main punches that count in the statistics as power punches.
  8. Undercut is a 2004 martial arts film written and directed by Stephen Reedy.
  9. This is the illustrated list of hairstyles described in Wikipedia. This is not a full list of hairstyles.
  10. In manufacturing, an undercut is a special type of recessed surface. In turning it refers to a recess in a diameter. In machining it refers to a recess in a corner. In molding it refers to a feature that cannot be molded using only a single pull mold. ...
  11. The Word of a Gentleman (1981) (later retitled Undercut) was the third of five novels written by Peter Niesewand, the South African journalist who spent 73 days in solitary confinement for his coverage of the last years of Ian Smith's government in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). ...
  12. A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed; The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled; To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor; To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath
  13. (Undercuts) Sections of a forging which‚ if driven into the impression while the metal is hot‚ would lock themselves into a die impression and prevent removal of the forging without distortion.
  14. (Undercuts) A term describing the complexity of a shape; these areas are very deeply indented or cut, and therefore require that the mold be pulled and stretched around them in order to remove the mold.
  15. (Undercutting) The root pruning of seedlings in a nursery bed to limit root depth extension. (see Root Pruning)
  16. (Undercutting) cutting away from an edge to increase the sense of relief or thinness.
  17. (UNDERCUTTING) EROSION of material at the foot of a CLIFF or BANK, e.g., a SEA CLIFF, or RIVER bank on the outside of a meander. Ultimately, the overhang collapses, and the process is repeated.
  18. (Under-cutting) Under cutting occurs where contexts are not excavated fully and some remainder of the context is left in situ masking the nature of the underlying contexts. This is especially common among inexperienced archaeologists who have a tendency to be timid. ...
  19. (Undercutting) A condition where an abrasive material wears down the steel core just below the segment supports which can cause segment loss. Drop segments can prevent this by distributing the slurry away from the segment supports.
  20. (Undercutting) An undesirable crater at the edge of the weld caused by poor weaving technique or excessive welding speed.
  21. (Undercutting) Penalty for a hard swing of the stick under the ball to raise it into the air.
  22. (Undercutting) The process by which the lower portion or "toe" of the streambank is eaten away by erosion leaving a concave, overhanging section of stream bank. Often occurs on banks at the outside of stream bends.
  23. (Undercutting) The technique of decorating glass in high relief by cutting away part of the glass between the body of an object and its decoration (e.g., on a cage cup).
  24. (Undercutting) Wearing away of the steel blade core where diamonds are attached, causing premature seg loss.  This can be prevented with coolant and/or undercut protection.
  25. (Undercutting) Where the river is flowing fast around an outside bend and erodes the bank to create a steep bank. The opposite of the slip-off slope.