@PugJesusM to Illustrations of historyEnglish • 1 month agoProcess of undermining a castle's walls illustratedimagemessage-square20arrow-up1157arrow-down10
arrow-up1157arrow-down1imageProcess of undermining a castle's walls illustrated@PugJesusM to Illustrations of historyEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square20
minus-square@StovetoplinkEnglish74•1 month agoIt never occurred to me that the origins of the word “undermine” might have involved actual mining.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish20•1 month agoI see you understand now. Wait. Under stand? I don’t…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month agoAnother use of undermine is when there’s flood and a river gets a ton of water going through it, it can undermine an overpass and take a bridge out without even going over it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 month ago Does it suggest one can overmine? “I overstand.”
It never occurred to me that the origins of the word “undermine” might have involved actual mining.
I see you understand now. Wait. Under stand? I don’t…
smacks forehead I never thought of that
Another use of undermine is when there’s flood and a river gets a ton of water going through it, it can undermine an overpass and take a bridge out without even going over it.
Does it suggest one can overmine?
“I overstand.”
Unpossible!