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undercut
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cut \Cut\ (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cut; p. pr. & vb. n. Cutting.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece, Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot.]
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To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.
You must cut this flesh from off his breast.
--Shak.Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way.
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To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.
Thy servants can skill to cut timer.
--2. Chron. ii. 8 To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.
To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.
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To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.
Why should a man. whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
--Shak.Loopholes cut through thickest shade.
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To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.
The man was cut to the heart.
--Addison. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.
To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq.]
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To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc. [Colloq.]
An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity.
--Thomas Hamilton. (Cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
(Billiards, etc.) To drive (an object ball) to either side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue ball or another object ball.
(Lawn Tennis, etc.) To strike (a ball) with the racket inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain spin on the ball.
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(Croquet) To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with another ball. To cut a caper. See under Caper. To cut the cards, to divide a pack of cards into portions, in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change the cards to be dealt. To cut both ways, to have effects both advantageous and disadvantageous. To cut corners, to deliberately do an incomplete or imperfect job in order to save time or money. To cut a dash or To cut a figure, to make a display of oneself; to give a conspicuous impression. [Colloq.] To cut down.
To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate. ``Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of Cilicia.''
--Knolles.To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] ``So great is his natural eloquence, that he cuts down the finest orator.''
--AddisonTo lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down expenses.
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(Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a sloop. To cut the knot or To cut the Gordian knot, to dispose of a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary action, rather than by skill or patience. To cut lots, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw lots. To cut off.
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To sever; to separate.
I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my brother's.
--Shak. To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to destroy. ``Iren[ae]us was likewise cut off by martyrdom.''
--Addison.To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam engine.
To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat.
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To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate. To cut out.
To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board.
To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment. `` A large forest cut out into walks.''
--Addison.To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another day. ``Every man had cut out a place for himself.''
--Addison.To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to cut out a rival. [Colloq.]
To debar. ``I am cut out from anything but common acknowledgments.''
--Pope.
To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or from under the guns of an enemy.
to separate from the midst of a number; as, to cut out a steer from a herd; to cut out a car from a train.
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to discontinue; as, to cut out smoking. To cut to pieces.
To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces.
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To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces. To cut a play (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage. To cut rates (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competing lines. To cut short, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a sudden termination. ``Achilles cut him short, and thus replied.'' --Dryden. To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately. To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear. To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing. To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come to years of discretion. To cut under, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor in trade; more commonly referred to as undercut. To cut up.
To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes.
To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut up a book or its author by severe criticism. ``This doctrine cuts up all government by the roots.''
--Locke.
To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.]
--Thackeray.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "to cut down or off," from under + cut (v.). In the commercial sense of "sell at lower prices" (or work at lower wages) it is first attested 1884. Figurative sense of "render unstable, undermine" is recorded from 1955, from earlier literal meaning "cut so as to leave the upper portion larger than the lower" (1874).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed. 2 The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled. 3 The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet. 4 A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top. vb. 1 To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor. 2 To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath. 3 To undermine.
WordNet
n. the material removed by a cut made underneath
the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column [syn: tenderloin]
a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall
(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball; "cuts do not bother a good tennis player" [syn: cut]
a cut made underneath to remove material
v. sell cheaper than one's competition [syn: undersell]
cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief
cut away the underpart of; "undercut a vein of ore"
strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot
cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall
[also: undercutting]
Wikipedia
Undercut is a 2004 martial arts film written and directed by Stephen Reedy.
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. In printed circuit board construction it refers to the portion of the copper that is etched away under the photoresist. In welding it refers to undesired melting and removal of metal near the weld bead.
Undercut may refer to:
- Price slashing, a pricing technique designed to eliminate competition
- Undercut (boxing), a type of boxing punch
- Undercut (film), a Stunt People film
- Undercut (haircut), a type of bowl haircut
- Undercut (manufacturing), a special type of recess used in various manufacturing settings
- Undercut (novel), a Peter Niesewand novel
- Undercut (road work), excavation work performed in road replacement projects
- Undercut (Rock Climbing), a climbing hold that is pulled on in an upward direction
The undercut is a hairstyle that was fashionable during the Edwardian era, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 2010s predominantly among men. Typically, the hair on the top of the head is long and parted on either the side or center, while the back and sides are buzzed very short. It is closely related to the curtained hair of the mid and late 1990s, although wearers of undercuts during the 2010s tend to slick back the bangs away from the face.
Usage examples of "undercut".
But satire often possesses an anarchic force that may undercut the principles that nationalism establishes.
To find a Rattler obliviously doing its job in this surrounding undercut their unvoiced dream.
Age was catching up with him remorselessly, undercutting his strength and endurance when he knew he would need them badly.
Desio could damage, either by undercutting prices, or through buying off the guilds who rate the quality of our goods.
The Rock Islands were made of soft limestone coral, and tide and chemical action had eaten away the limestone at sea level, undercutting the stone above.
Splinters of unmelted stone flew in all directions as the other tower was undercut and collapsed.
The Hoover incumbency would be undercut as a factor in the forthcoming Berrigan and Ellsberg trials.
I took my package and we stepped together onto Smith, the block Euclid claimed all belonged to Arthur: a smashed barbershop with an old glass pole, a botanica, window full of votive candles and folk art, with ghetto apartments above it, and four or five of the understated, sexy little bistros Berlin was meant to undercut.
Galleries, stairs and jutting windows were added to outer walls, and the mansions climbed, story above story, until the Cowgate was an undercut canon, such as is worn through rock by the rivers of western America.
There is no careful series of deconstructionist moves in the narrative of the woman doctor, but she nonetheless undercuts the cherished ideals of male friendship, beats the seducer at his own game, and shows the most cogent, aggressive, and pragmatic thinking in a story that is otherwise male dominated.
We will play New York rules, with gins and undercuts to count twenty each and blitzes double.
He pointed up the dune face and beyond it where they could see a rock tower undercut by sandblast winds.
He taught me to look carefully along the bank for a still-water run where trout and smallmouth bass might be found cooling beneath the undercut banks.
One squad of them was an excavation group-derricks, angledozers, mining machines that undercut, blasted and wiped up debris with scything paws onto an endless belt that shunted it away from the field of operation.
Harry had discovered it was Jack who had been deliberately causing the damage to his business by revealing his rates to other hauliers who then undercut him to win the contracts themselves.