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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 pass under in a boat.
To underrun a tackle, to separate its parts and put them in order.

Definition 2024


underrun

underrun

English

Noun

underrun (plural underruns)

  1. (accounting) A condition in which fewer products are delivered or produced than had been ordered.
  2. (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)

  1. 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.
  2. (nautical) To pass along and under, e.g. a cable, for the purpose of taking it in or examining it.
  3. (nautical) To separate the parts of (a tackle) and put them in order.