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underdrive

underdrive adjective: designed to turn at a slower speed than stock.

Adjective

underdrive (not comparable)

  1. Designed to turn at a slower speed than stock.

Verb

underdrive (third-person singular simple present underdrives, present participle underdriving, simple past underdrove, past participle underdriven)

  1. (transitive) To slow the rate of rotation in (a pulley-based system).

Forms of underdrive

third-person singular presentunderdrives
present participleunderdriving
pastunderdrove
past participleunderdriven

Origin of underdrive

From under- + drive.

Questions about underdrive

What does underdrive mean?
Underdrive means designed to turn at a slower speed than stock.
What part of speech is underdrive?
Underdrive can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near underdrive in the dictionary

  1. underdrew
  2. underdried
  3. underdries
  4. underdrift
  5. underdrifts
  6. underdrive
  7. underdriven
  8. underdrives
  9. underdriving
  10. underdrove
  11. underdry

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