Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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squash | Yes | No | Yes | No |
undercut | Yes | No | Yes | No |
squash (noun) | undercut (noun) |
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a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets | (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball |
edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable | a cut made underneath to remove material |
any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits | a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall |
the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column | |
the material removed by a cut made underneath |
squash (verb) | undercut (verb) |
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to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition | strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot |
cut away the underpart of | |
cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief | |
cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall | |
sell cheaper than one's competition |