Word: underdrag
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
drag
Definition: The tensile stress exerted by an overthrust rock mass upon overlying rocks which themselves are not under compressive thrusting stress and therefore tend to be stretched and broken by normal faulting.
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: drag
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: draggen
Language: enm
Decoded: draggen
Meaning: to drag