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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "undercut"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to demand a lower price than one's rivals
Transitive: to undercut a rival or price
to undercut definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Online retailers often engage in price wars, trying to undercut each other to gain a larger share of the market.
āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ āϖ⧁āϚāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇, āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϚ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϚ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž

to hit a ball with a downward, glancing motion, causing it to spin backward or gain elevation
Transitive: to undercut a ball
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
By carefully undercutting the ball, he was able to make a tricky shot that bounced just inside the corner.
āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϟ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻļāϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āϕ⧋āϪ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āύāĻŋāϚ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to remove or wear away the lower or underlying part of something
Transitive: to undercut sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The constant waves undercut the cliffside, leading to a gradual loss of land.
āĻ§ā§āϰ⧁āĻŦāĻ• āϤāϰāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻž āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϜāĻŽāĻŋāϰ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž

to remove material around a design in order to create a raised, carved pattern
Transitive: to undercut sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Using a chisel, the craftsman undercut the surface of the marble to highlight the figures in relief.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϛ⧇āύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ—āϰ āϰāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻĢ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāχāϞāĻžāχāϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤāϞ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϟāĻŋ āϝ⧇āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻŦ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž

to make a diagonal or slanted cut into a tree, below the main cut, on the side where the tree is intended to fall
Transitive: to undercut a tree
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Before making the final cut, he carefully undercut the trunk to guide the tree ’s fall.
āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϤāύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāĨ¤
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a hairstyle with longer hair on top and closely shaved or faded sides and back

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The barber recommended an undercut to modernize his look.
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a stroke that imparts reverse spin to the ball

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The golfer used an undercut to keep the ball low.
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a cut made underneath a surface or material to remove a portion of it

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
An undercut was necessary to level the shelf support.
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a cut made in a tree trunk to guide the direction of its fall

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
a proper undercut ensures the tree falls safely.
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the tender meat from the loin on either side of the vertebral column

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Roasting the undercut brings out its tenderness.
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material removed by a cut made beneath a surface

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mold's undercut had to be removed to release the casting.

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