Word.ws English Dictionary

underdriven

underdriven is the past participle of underdrive.

Meaning of underdrive

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).

See all 2 meanings of underdrive

Adjective

underdriven (not comparable)

  1. Driven from beneath.

Questions about underdriven

What does underdriven mean?
Underdriven means driven from beneath.
What is underdriven the past participle of?
Underdriven is the past participle of underdrive.
What part of speech is underdriven?
Underdriven is an adjective.

Words near underdriven in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: underdriven (page history and authors); underdrive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “underdriven.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/underdriven. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.