UNDERMINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does undermine mean?
• UNDERMINE (verb)
The verb UNDERMINE has 2 senses:
1. destroy property or hinder normal operations
2. hollow out as if making a cave or opening
Familiarity information: UNDERMINE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• UNDERMINE (verb)
Meaning:
Destroy property or hinder normal operations
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
countermine; sabotage; undermine; subvert; weaken; counteract
Context example:
The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
Hypernyms (to "undermine" is one way to...):
disobey (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "undermine"):
derail (cause to run off the tracks)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Hollow out as if making a cave or opening
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
cave; undermine
Context example:
The river was caving the banks
Hypernyms (to "undermine" is one way to...):
core out; hollow; hollow out (remove the interior of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "undermine"):
sap (excavate the earth beneath)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
