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English

Etymology

under + ground

Adjective

  1. Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
  2. :There is an underground tunnel that takes you across the river.
  3. Hidden, furtive, secretive.
  4. :These criminals operate through an underground network.
  5. Of music, art, etc, outside the mainstream.


Synonyms


Translations

  • Finnish: underground
  • French: underground m, f and plural

Adverb

  1. Below the ground.
  2. :The tunnel goes underground at this point.
  3. Secretly.


Synonyms


Translations

Noun

  1. An underground railway.
  2. (with the) A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention.
  3. (with the) A movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention.


Synonyms


Translations

underground railway See underground railway

  • Italian: l'underground

See also


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French

Pronunciation


Adjective

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  1. underground (outside the mainstream)


Noun

l'underground m

  1. the underground (people who resist artistic convention)


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Italian

Noun

l'underground m

  1. the underground (people who resist artistic convention)


el:underground fa:underground fr:underground hy:underground io:underground id:underground it:underground hu:underground ja:underground ru:underground simple:underground fi:underground ta:underground te:underground vi:underground zh:underground

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Subway \Sub"way`\, n.
1. An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under
a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph
wires, etc., are conducted.
[1913 Webster]

2. An underground railroad, usually having trains powered by
electricity provided by an electric line running through
the underground tunnel. It is usually confined to the
center portion of cities; -- called also tube, and in
Britain, underground. In certain other countries (as in
France or Russia) it is called the metro.
[PJC]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Underground \Un"der*ground`\, a.
1. Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground
story or apartment.
[1913 Webster]

2. Done or occurring out of sight; secret. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]

Underground railroad or Underground railway. See under
Railroad.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Underground \Un"der*ground`\, n.
1. The place or space beneath the surface of the ground;
subterranean space.
[1913 Webster]

A spirit raised from depth of underground. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. a subway or subway system, especially in the United
Kingdom. [chiefly British]
[PJC]

3. a secret organization opposed to the prevailing
government; as, the French underground during the Nazi
occupation.
[PJC]

4. a group or movement holding unorthodox views in an
environment where conventional ideas dominate, as in
artistic circles.
[PJC]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Underground \Un"der*ground`\, adv.
Beneath the surface of the earth.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet underground
adj 1: under the level of the ground; "belowground storage areas";
"underground caverns" [syn: belowground]
2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
"clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger
activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner
intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret
sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops";
"an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
[syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner(a),
hugger-mugger, hush-hush, on the quiet(p), secret,
surreptitious, undercover]
3: used of independent armed resistance forces; "guerrilla
warfare"; "partisan forces" [syn: guerrilla(a), guerilla(a),
irregular]
n 1: a secret group organized to overthrow a government or
occupation force [syn: resistance]
2: electric underground railway [syn: metro, subway, tube]
adv 1: in or into hiding or secret operation; "the organization was
driven underground"
2: beneath the surface of the earth; "water flowing
underground"
Moby Dictionary
Amtrak , Charley , L , Trojan horse , VC , Vietcong , abstruse ,
agreement to disagree , alienated , alienation , alternative ,
antiestablishment , apostasy , at odds with , at rest ,
at variance with , avant-garde , back door , back stairs , back way ,
back-door , backstairs , baggage train , beclouded ,
behind the curtain , behind the scenes , behind the veil , blind ,
bolt-hole , branch , breakaway , buried , bushfighter , bushwhacker ,
cable railroad , cable railway , casual , choo-choo , clandestine ,
close , clouded , cog railroad , cog railway , collaborationist ,
collaborator , concealed , counter-culture , covered , covert ,
covert way , covertly , crypto , deep-buried , difference , differing ,
disaccord , disagreeing , disagreement , disapprobation , disapproval ,
disparity , dissatisfaction , dissension , dissent , dissentience ,
dissentient , dissenting , dissidence , dissident , diversity ,
dropping out , eclipsed , el , electric , electric railway ,
electric train , elevated , elevated railway , embankment ,
escalier derobe , escape hatch , escape route , experimental , express ,
express train , extremists , feeder , feeder line , feline ,
fellow traveler , fifth column , fifth columnist , flier , fraternizer ,
freight , freight train , freighter , funicular , furtive , goods train ,
gravity-operated railway , guerillas , guerrilla , hid , hidden ,
hidlings , hole-and-corner , horse railway , hugger-mugger ,
in a cloud , in a corner , in a fog , in a whisper , in darkness ,
in eclipse , in hidlings , in opposition , in purdah , in secret ,
in the background , in the dark , in the wings , incommunicado ,
insurgents , insurrectionists , interurban , irregular , junction ,
latent , light railroad , lightning express , limited , line , local ,
main line , maquis , maquisard , metro , milk train , minority opinion ,
monorail , mysterious , nobody the wiser , nonagreement , nonassent ,
nonconcurrence , nonconforming , nonconformist , nonconformity ,
nonconsent , obfuscated , obscure , obscured , occult , opposing ,
opposition , parliamentary , parliamentary train , partisan ,
passenger train , private , privy , quiet , rack railway ,
rack-and-pinion railroad , rack-and-pinion railway , radical , rail ,
rail line , railroad , railroad train , railway , rattler , recondite ,
recusance , recusancy , recusant , rejection , repudiation , resistance ,
resistance fighter , resting in peace , revolutionary , roadbed ,
roadway , rolling stock , saboteur , secession , secluded , secluse ,
secret , secret exit , secret passage , secret staircase , secretly ,
sectarian , sectary , security risk , sequestered , shifty , shuttle ,
shuttle train , side door , sidetrack , siding , skulking , slinking ,
slinky , sly , sneaking , sneaky , sotto voce , special , stealthy ,
streamliner , street railway , streetcar line , sub rosa ,
subterranean , subterraneous , subversive , subversives , subway ,
sunken , surreptitious , switchback , terminal , terminus , track ,
train , tram , tramline , trestle , trolley line , trunk , trunk line ,
tube , turnout , under an eclipse , under cover , under house arrest ,
under the breath , under the rose , under wraps , under-the-counter ,
under-the-table , undercover , underfoot , underground fighter ,
underground railroad , underground route , underhand , underhanded ,
unknown , unobtrusive , variance , way train , with bated breath ,
withdrawal , wrapped in clouds


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