Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
The situation where a neuron's membrane potential falls below the normal resting potential.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An instance of undershooting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To shoot not far enough or not well enough.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To fail to go far enough when trying to reach a goal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To underestimate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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verb
To record too little photographic footage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
shoot short of or below (a target)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: overshoot
Broader terms: miss
verb
fall short of (the runway) in a landing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: land, set down
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwdeti? Proto-Germanic *skuttōnąbf.? Proto-Germanic *skeutaną Proto-West Germanic *skeutan Old English sċēotan Middle English schoten English shoot English undershoot From under- + shoot.
