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underground
un·der·ground U0052200 (ŭn′dər-ground′)adj.1. Situated, occurring, or operating below the surface of the earth: underground caverns; underground missile sites.2. a. Hidden or concealed; clandestine: underground resistance to the tyrant.b. Of or relating to an organization involved in secret or illegal activity: underground trade in weapons.3. Of or relating to an avant-garde movement or its films, publications, and art, usually privately produced and of special appeal and often concerned with social or artistic experiment.n.1. A clandestine, often nationalist, organization fostering or planning hostile activities against, or the overthrow of, a government in power, such as an occupying military government: "an underground of dissident intellectuals" (Kenneth L. Woodward).2. Chiefly British A subway system.3. An avant-garde movement or publication.adv. (ŭn′dər-ground′)1. Below the surface of the earth.2. In secret; stealthily.tr.v. un·der·ground·ed, un·der·ground·ing, un·der·grounds To situate under the ground: workers undergrounding telephone lines.underground adj 1. occurring, situated, or used below ground level: an underground tunnel; an underground explosion. 2. secret; hidden: underground activities. adv 3. going below ground level: the tunnel led underground. 4. into hiding or secrecy: the group was driven underground. n 5. a space or region below ground level 6. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. a movement dedicated to overthrowing a government or occupation forces, as in the European countries occupied by the German army in World War IIb. (as modifier): an underground group. 7. (Railways) the underground an electric passenger railway operated in underground tunnels. US and Canadian equivalent: subway 8. (Art Terms) (usually preceded by the) a. any avant-garde, experimental, or subversive movement in popular art, films, music, etcb. (as modifier): the underground press; underground music. un•der•ground (adv. ˈʌn dərˈgraʊnd; adj., n. -ˌgraʊnd)
adv. 1. beneath the surface of the ground. 2. in concealment or secrecy; not openly. adj. 3. existing, situated, or operating beneath the surface of the ground. 4. hidden or secret; not open. 5. published or produced by political or social radicals: an underground newspaper. 6. avant-garde; experimental. n. 7. the place or region beneath the surface of the ground. 8. a secret organization fighting the established government or occupation forces. 9. (often cap.) a group existing outside the establishment. 10. Brit. a subway system. [1565–75] subway underground metro">metro1. 'subway'A subway is a path for pedestrians under a busy road. You feel worried if you walk through a subway.In some American cities, the subway is a railway system in which electric trains travel below the ground in tunnels. In other cities this is called the metro. I don't ride the subway at night.You can take the metro to the Smithsonian museums.2. 'underground'Some speakers of British English also use subway to refer to a British railway system like this, but the London and Glasgow systems are usually called the underground. The London system is also called the tube. He crossed London by underground.You can take the tube to Green Park and then walk.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  underground - a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation forceresistancerevolutionary group - a political unit organized to promote revolutionMaquis - the French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II | | 2. |  underground - 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, subway, subway system, tuberailroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system - line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | | Adj. | 1. |  underground - under the level of the ground; "belowground storage areas"; "underground caverns"belowgroundsubsurface - beneath the surface; "subsurface materials of the moon" | | 2. |  underground - 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"clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hush-hush, undercover, secret, surreptitious, hole-and-corner, hugger-muggercovert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" | | Adv. | 1. |  underground - in or into hiding or secret operation; "the organization was driven underground" | | 2. |  underground - beneath the surface of the earth; "water flowing underground" |
undergroundadverb1. below ground, in the earth, under the earth, below the surface Solid low-level waste will be disposed of deep underground.2. in hiding, behind closed doors, in secrecy, undercover, out of sight, in seclusion Opposition leaders are working underground.adjective1. subterranean, basement, lower-level, sunken, covered, buried, below the surface, below ground, subterrestrial a run-down shopping area with an underground car park2. secret, undercover, covert, hidden, guerrilla, revolutionary, concealed, confidential, dissident, closet, subversive, clandestine, renegade, insurgent, hush-hush (informal), surreptitious, cloak-and-dagger, hugger-mugger, insurrectionist, hole-and-corner, radical accused of organising and financing an underground youth movement3. avant-garde, alternative, experimental, innovative, ground-breaking a film about the underground music scene in Los Angelesthe underground4. the tube (Brit.), the subway, the metro The underground is ideal for getting to work in Milan.5. the Resistance, partisans, freedom fighters, the Maquis US dollars were smuggled into the country to aid the underground.undergroundadjectiveLocated or operating beneath the earth's surface:hypogeal, hypogean, hypogeous, subterranean, subterrestrial.nounA clandestine organization of freedom fighters in an oppressed land:resistance.Translationsunderground (andəˈgraund) adjective below the surface of the ground. underground railways; underground streams. 地下的 地下的 adverb1. (to a position) under the surface of the ground. Rabbits live underground. 在地下 在地下2. into hiding. He will go underground if the police start looking for him. 躲藏 隐蔽 (ˈandəgraund) noun (American ˈsubway) an underground railway. She hates travelling by/on the underground. (美國subway)地鐵 地铁underground → 在地下zhCN, 地铁zhCNunderground
go underground1. To conceal oneself in a hidden place or at a hidden location so as to avoid discovery or detection, especially by figures of authority. Many political dissidents have gone underground now that the government has begun its violent crackdown on opposing parties. The agent had to go underground after his cover was blown.2. To operate or function without being detected by someone or something, especially a body or figures of authority. The distributors of the pro-socialist pamphlets seem to have gone underground ever since they started attracting the attention of the feds.See also: go, undergroundunderground railroad1. capitalized An organized network of secret workers, routes, and safe houses used to ferry escaped African-American slaves to free states or present-day Canada. A former slave herself, Harriet Tubman was an instrumental figure in the Underground Railroad, saving roughly 70 people from slavery over the course of 13 rescue missions.2. By extension, any network of people working together secretly to help fugitives escape to places of safety and freedom. The human rights organization has begun operating an underground railroad in the third-world country to help human trafficking victims escape from bondage. A former slave herself, Harriet Tubman was an instrumental figure in the Underground RailroadSee also: railroad, undergroundunderground railroadA secret network for moving and housing fugitives, as in There's definitely an underground railroad helping women escape abusive husbands. This term, dating from the first half of the 1800s, alludes to the network that secretly transported runaway slaves through the northern states to Canada. It was revived more than a century later for similar escape routes. See also: railroad, undergroundgo underground in. to go into hiding; to begin to operate in secret. The entire operation went underground, and we heard no more about it. See also: go, undergroundunderground
underground: see guerrilla warfareguerrilla warfare
[Span.,=little war], fighting by groups of irregular troops (guerrillas) within areas occupied by the enemy. When guerrillas obey the laws of conventional warfare they are entitled, if captured, to be treated as ordinary prisoners of war; however, they are
..... Click the link for more information. .What does it mean when you dream about being underground?A dream of being underground may indicate that the dreamer has subconscious issues that have been kept under wraps. Going down under to retrieve them shows a readiness to bring them back up to the surface. underground[¦ən·dər¦grau̇nd] (engineering) Situated, done, or operating beneath the surface of the ground. undergroundBelow grade or ground level, as underground drain lines or cables.underground1. a. a movement dedicated to overthrowing a government or occupation forces, as in the European countries occupied by the German army in World War II b. (as modifier): an underground group 2. an electric passenger railway operated in underground tunnels 3. a. any avant-garde, experimental, or subversive movement in popular art, films, music, etc. b. (as modifier): the underground press
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Related to underground: Underground hip hopSynonyms for undergroundadv below groundSynonyms- below ground
- in the earth
- under the earth
- below the surface
adv in hidingSynonyms- in hiding
- behind closed doors
- in secrecy
- undercover
- out of sight
- in seclusion
adj subterraneanSynonyms- subterranean
- basement
- lower-level
- sunken
- covered
- buried
- below the surface
- below ground
- subterrestrial
adj secretSynonyms- secret
- undercover
- covert
- hidden
- guerrilla
- revolutionary
- concealed
- confidential
- dissident
- closet
- subversive
- clandestine
- renegade
- insurgent
- hush-hush
- surreptitious
- cloak-and-dagger
- hugger-mugger
- insurrectionist
- hole-and-corner
- radical
adj avant-gardeSynonyms- avant-garde
- alternative
- experimental
- innovative
- ground-breaking
phrase the underground: the tubeSynonyms- the tube
- the subway
- the metro
phrase the underground: the ResistanceSynonyms- the Resistance
- partisans
- freedom fighters
- the Maquis
Synonyms for undergroundadj located or operating beneath the earth's surfaceSynonyms- hypogeal
- hypogean
- hypogeous
- subterranean
- subterrestrial
noun a clandestine organization of freedom fighters in an oppressed landSynonymsSynonyms for undergroundnoun a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation forceSynonymsRelated Words- revolutionary group
- Maquis
noun an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)Synonyms- metro
- subway
- subway system
- tube
Related Words- railroad
- railroad line
- railway
- railway line
- railway system
adj under the level of the groundSynonymsRelated Wordsadj conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methodsSynonyms- clandestine
- cloak-and-dagger
- hush-hush
- undercover
- secret
- surreptitious
- hole-and-corner
- hugger-mugger
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