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Adjective: underground `úndur'grawnd- Under the level of the ground
"underground caverns"
- belowground - Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
"underground resistance"
- clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover
Noun: underground `úndur'grawnd- A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- resistance - [Brit] An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
"in Paris the subway system is called the 'metro' and in London it is called the 'tube' or the 'underground'"
- metro, tube [UK], subway system [N. Amer], subway [N. Amer]
Adverb: underground `úndur'grawnd- In or into hiding or secret operation
"the organization was driven underground" - Beneath the surface of the earth
"water flowing underground"
Derived forms: undergrounds See also: covert, subsurface Type of: railroad [N. Amer], railroad line [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway line [Brit, Cdn], railway system [Brit, Cdn], revolutionary group Encyclopedia: Underground |