underdrive

From under- +‎ drive.

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underdrive (not comparable)

1. (of a crankshaft or accessory pulley) Designed to turn at a slower speed than stock.

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).

under (“under”) +‎ drive (“drive”)

underdrive (imperative underdriv, present underdriver, past underdrev, past participle underdrevet, c underdreven, definite or plural underdrevne)

1. to understate

   Antonym: overdrive

• underdrivelse

• “underdrive” in Den Danske Ordbog

under +‎ drive.

underdrive (present tense underdriver, past tense underdrev or underdreiv, past participle underdrevet, present participle underdrivende, imperative underdriv)

1. to understate

   Antonym: overdrive

• “underdrive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• underdriva (a infinitive)

under +‎ drive.

underdrive (present tense underdriv, past tense underdreiv, supine underdrive, past participle underdriven, present participle underdrivande, imperative underdriv)

1. to understate

   Antonym: overdrive

• “underdrive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.