UNDERRUN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does underrun mean? 

• UNDERRUN (verb)
  The verb UNDERRUN has 2 senses:

1. run or pass below

2. haul onto a boat

  Familiarity information: UNDERRUN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERRUN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they underrun    ... he / she / it underruns   
Past simple: underran   
Past participle: underrun   
-ing form: underrunning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run or pass below

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "underrun" is one way to...):

extend; go; lead; pass; run (stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Haul onto a boat

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

underrun the cable for repair

Hypernyms (to "underrun" is one way to...):

cart; drag; hale; haul (draw slowly or heavily)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

That was the major motif, he hurriedly explained, the big underrunning motif, the cosmic and universal thing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)