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Webster 1913 Edition
Underrun
Unˊder-run′
,Verb.
T.
To run or pass under;
especially
(Naut.)
, to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it.
☞ The cable passes over the bows and stern of the boat used, while the men haul the boat along by pulling upon the cable.
Totten.
To underrun a hose
(Naut.)
, to lift it up at one end, then walk along shifting one hand after another so that the water will run out.
– To underrun a tackle
(Naut.)
, to separate its parts and put them in order.
Webster 1828 Edition
Underrun
UNDERRUN'
,Verb.
T.
To underrun a tackle, to separate its parts and put them in order.
Definition 2024
underrun
underrun
English
Noun
underrun (plural underruns)
- (accounting) A condition in which fewer products are delivered or produced than had been ordered.
- (computing) A condition in which the read/write buffer is fed with data at a slower rate than required; a buffer underrun.
Verb
underrun (third-person singular simple present underruns, present participle underrunning, simple past underran, past participle underrun)
- To run or pass under.
- 1904, Katherine Cecil Thurston , The Masquerader (page 26)
- He spoke fast, with the uneasy tone that so often underran his words.
- 1904, Katherine Cecil Thurston , The Masquerader (page 26)
- (nautical) To pass along and under, e.g. a cable, for the purpose of taking it in or examining it.
- (nautical) To separate the parts of (a tackle) and put them in order.