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Verb: underrun (underran,underrun,underrunning)  'ún-du(r),rún
  1. Run or pass below
    "The cable underran the bridge"
     
  2. Haul onto a boat
    "underrun the cable for repair"
Noun: underrun  'ún-du(r),rún
  1. (accounting) a condition in which fewer products are delivered or produced than had been ordered
    "The factory reported an underrun of 1000 units this quarter"

Derived forms: underrun, underran, underruns, underrunning

Type of: cart, drag, extend, go, hale [archaic], haul, lead, pass, run

Encyclopedia: Underrun