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undercarve

undercarve verb: to carve insufficiently.

Verb

undercarve (third-person singular simple present undercarves, present participle undercarving, simple past and past participle undercarved)

  1. To carve insufficiently.

Forms of undercarve

third-person singular presentundercarves
present participleundercarving
past participleundercarved
pastundercarved

Origin of undercarve

From under- + carve.

Questions about undercarve

What does undercarve mean?
Undercarve means to carve insufficiently.
What part of speech is undercarve?
Undercarve is a verb.
What is the past tense of undercarve?
The past tense of undercarve is undercarved.

Words near undercarve in the dictionary

  1. undercars
  2. undercart
  3. undercarter
  4. undercarters
  5. undercarts
  6. undercarve
  7. undercarved
  8. undercarves
  9. undercarving
  10. undercast
  11. undercasting

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