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undercut

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)
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un=der=cut
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1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

undercutn. 
     The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.  [1913 Webster]
undercutv. t. 
  •  To cut away, as the side of an object, so as to leave an overhanging portion.  [1913 Webster]
  •  to sell goods or services at a price below that of (the competition or a competitor's price).  [PJC]
  •  to weaken the effectiveness of; to undermine or sabotage (an activity).  [PJC]
  •  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.  [PJC]
undercutp. a. 
     Cut away below.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

undercut, 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.

THESAURUS

undercut

belie, blow sky-high, blow up, close out, convert into cash, cut away, cut out, cut under, deflate, disconfirm, discredit, disprove, dump, effect a sale, excavate, explode, expose, gouge out, hollow out, invalidate, job, make a sale, market, merchandise, move, negate, negative, prove the contrary, puncture, resell, retail, sacrifice, sell, sell off, sell on consignment, sell out, sell over, sell retail, sell short, sell up, sell wholesale, show up, turn into money, turn over, undermine, undersell, unload, wholesale

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