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💸 To sell cheaper 🪚 To cut underneath 🪓 To notch a tree 🎾 To give backspin ✂️ A lower cut 🌳 A tree notch ⛏️ Removed material 💇 A short hairstyle 🥩 A tender meat 🏓 A spin shot
to undercut

to undercut

1 7.0
Make an angled cut below the main cut on the side you want the tree to fall
  • verb
  • /ˈʌndərˌkʌt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hacer un entaque

Examples

  • Properly undercutting a tree helps ensure it falls safely in the intended direction.

  • The lumberjack carefully undercut the tree before making the final saw cut.

  • Workers were trained to undercut each tree before felling it during the logging operation.

  • He will undercut the tree to ensure it falls safely.

  • The lumberjack undercuts trees to control their fall.

  • When felling the tree, the lumberjack knew he had to undercut on the side facing where he wanted it to fall.

  • To ensure the tree falls in the right direction, always undercut the trunk at an angle below the main cut.

  • If you undercut the tree before cutting it down, it will fall more predictably.

How Deep

to undercut
  • Specialized
1 7.0
cut
337 1.0
to nick
33 3.5

Surface Forms

undercut infinitive
undercut past
undercut past participle
undercutting present participle
undercuts third person singular

Morphology

undercut = cut (transparent) = under + cut

The verb sense for tree-felling (making the angled under cut) is a clear 'under' + 'cut' formation.

Etymology

Undercut is formed from under 'below' and cut 'to cut'. In tree work it means to make an angled cut on the lower side toward which the tree should fall. So to undercut a tree is to make that safety cut below the main cut.