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subterranean

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sub·ter·ra·ne·an  (sbt-rn-n)
adj.
1. Situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground.
2. Hidden; secret: subterranean motives for murder.

[Latin subterrneus : sub-, sub- + terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]

subter·rane·an·ly adv.

subterranean
Adjective
1. found or operating below the surface of the earth
2. existing or working in a concealed or mysterious way: the resistance movement worked largely by subterranean methods [Latin sub beneath + terra earth]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.subterranean - being or operating under the surface of the earth; "subterranean passages"; "a subsurface flow of water"
subsurface - beneath the surface; "subsurface materials of the moon"
2.subterraneansubterranean - lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell
covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels"
Translations
Spanish subterranean [sʌbtəˈreɪnɪən] adjsubterráneo
French subterranean [sʌbtəˈreɪnɪən] adjsouterrain(e)
German subterranean [sʌbtəˈreɪnɪən] adjunterirdisch
Italian subterranean [sʌbtəˈreɪnɪən] adjsotterraneo/a

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But there were some who believed it had never been a well at all, and was never deeper than it is now--eighty feet; that at that depth a subterranean passage branched from it and descended gradually to a remote place in the valley, where it opened into somebody's cellar or other hidden recess, and that the secret of this locality is now lost.
Each adult Martian female brings forth about thirteen eggs each year, and those which meet the size, weight, and specific gravity tests are hidden in the recesses of some subterranean vault where the temperature is too low for incubation.
We dared not follow the banks of the subterranean river for fear lest we should fall into it again in the darkness.
 
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