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🪢 To haul a rope ⬇️ To go underneath
to underrun

to underrun

9.9
To pull a line onto a boat to check and fix it
  • verb
  • /ˌʌndəˈrʌn/
  • Specialized
: revisar
  • We underrun the fishing nets every morning to check for damage.

Examples

  • The crew had to underrun the cable after the storm caused tangles.

  • They underran the line to inspect it for wear and tear.

  • They underran the cable for inspection.

  • The crew will underrun the net tomorrow.

  • The crew needs to underrun the cable for inspection after the last voyage.

  • Every week, the crew underrun the nets to repair any damages.

  • During the maintenance check, they will underrun the fishing lines and replace damaged sections.

Surface Forms

underrun infinitive
underrunning present participle
underruns third person singular
underran past
underrun past participle

Morphology

underrun = run (opaque) = under + run

The prefix 'under-' suggests a meaning related to being beneath or below, but the specific nautical meaning is not directly derivable from 'run'.

Etymology

Underrun is made of under- meaning 'below' and run meaning 'to move'. For ropes or nets, to underrun them is to run them under or along the boat so you can pull them onto the boat to check or fix them, so the parts explain this hauling action.