UNDERCUT • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Undercut

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/ˈəndərkˌət/ Listen

verb

Undercut v. t. (past & past part. undercut; pres. part. undercutting)

To cut away, as the side of an object, so as to leave an overhanging portion.

To sell goods or services at a price below that of (the competition or a competitor's price).

To weaken the effectiveness of; to undermine or sabotage (an activity).

(Forestry) To cut a notch in one side of (a tree) so as to control the direction in which the tree falls when it is felled.

noun

Undercut n. The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.

adjective

Undercut adj. Cut away below.

See images of 'Undercut'

Etymology of 'Undercut'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar

"Undercut" Quotes from Famous Books

... the traditions, instincts and morals of Europe and white America. There was also the economic evil—really, of course, only an aspect of the conflict of types of civilization—arising from the fact that these immigrants, being used to a lower standard of life, undercut and cheapened the labour of ...

— A History of the United States • Cecil Chesterton

... often by the acute, lancet; the massive piers by graceful clustered shafts; the grotesque and rudely-sculptured capitals by foliage of the most exquisite character; and the heavy cylindrical mouldings by bands of deeply undercut members." ...

— Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them • Sidney Heath

... Hilary Joyce found himself in the presence of a short, thick-set officer, with a gentle voice and a placid expression which covered a remarkably acute and energetic spirit. With that quiet smile and guileless manner he had undercut and outwitted the most cunning of Orientals. He stood, a cigarette between his fingers, looking at the newcomer. "I heard that you had come. Sorry the chief isn't here to see you. Gone up to the ...

— The Green Flag • Arthur Conan Doyle

... deeply undercut, of the so-called Palma type. From Coatepec, Canton Falapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Totonacau ...

— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... gleamed in blow after blow. A deep incision appeared in the trunk of the tree, and at the base of it Ba'tiste started the saw, Barry working on the other end with his good arm. Ten minutes of work and they switched to the other side. Here no "undercut" was made; the saw bit into the bark and deep toward the heart of the tree in a smooth, sharp line that ...

— The White Desert • Courtney Ryley Cooper

More quotes...