Толковый словарь английского языка - undercut
Undercut
undercut
I. verb (-cut; -cutting) Date: 1598 transitive verb to cut away the underpart of , to cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief, to offer to sell at lower prices than or to work for lower wages than (a competitor), to cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall, to strike (a ball) with a downward glancing blow so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot, to undermine or destroy the force, value, or effectiveness of , intransitive verb to perform the action of cutting away beneath, II. noun Date: 1859 tenderloin 1, the action or result of cutting away from the underside or lower part of something, a notch cut in the base of a tree before felling to determine the direction of falling and to prevent splitting
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v. & n. --v.tr. (-cutting; past and past part. -cut) 1 sell or work at a lower price or lower wages than. 2 Golf strike (a ball) so as to make it rise high. 3 a cut away the part below or under (a thing). b cut away material to show (a carved design etc.) in relief. 4 render unstable or less firm, undermine. --n. 1 Brit. the underside of a sirloin. 2 US a notch cut in a tree-trunk to guide its fall when felled. 3 any space formed by the removal or absence of material from the lower part of something. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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