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  • English Word Underbearer Definition One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.
  • English Word Underbid Definition To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered to the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a less price than.
  • English Word Underbind Definition To bind beneath.
  • English Word Underboard Definition Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard.
  • English Word Underbrace Definition To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below.
  • English Word Underbranch Definition A lower branch.
  • English Word Underbranch Definition A twig or branchlet.
  • English Word Underbred Definition Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow.
  • English Word Underbrush Definition Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.
  • English Word Underbuilder Definition A subordinate or assistant builder.
  • English Word Underbuilding Definition Same as Substruction.
  • English Word Underbuy Definition To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper than.
  • English Word Undercast Definition To cast under or beneath.
  • English Word Underchamberlain Definition A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer.
  • English Word Underchanter Definition Same as Subchanter.
  • English Word Underchaps Definition The lower chaps or jaw.
  • English Word Undercharge Definition To charge below or under; to charge less than is usual or suitable fro; as, to undercharge goods or services.
  • English Word Undercharge Definition To put too small a charge into; as, to undercharge a gun.
  • English Word Undercharge Definition A charge that is less than is usual or suitable.
  • English Word Underclay Definition A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.
  • English Word Undercliff Definition A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.
  • English Word Underclothes Definition Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skin for warmth.
  • English Word Underclothing Definition Same as Underclothes.
  • English Word Undercoat Definition A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.
  • English Word Undercoat Definition A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a longer growth; as, a dog's undercoat.
  • English Word Underconduct Definition A lower conduit; a subterranean conduit.
  • English Word Underconsumption Definition Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less than the usual amount.
  • English Word Undercraft Definition A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors.
  • English Word Undercreep Definition To creep secretly or privily.
  • English Word Undercrest Definition To support as a crest; to bear.