underground

un·der·ground  (ndr-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. (ndr-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.

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underground

Adverb

1. below ground level: moles digging underground

2. secretly: several political parties had to operate underground for many years

Adjective

1. beneath the ground: an underground bunker

2. secret; clandestine: an underground organization (of art, film, music, etc.) avant-garde, experimental, or subversive

Noun

1. a movement dedicated to overthrowing a government or occupation forces

2. (often preceded by the)an electric passenger railway operated in underground tunnels

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	underground - a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force resistance revolutionary group - a political unit organized to promote revolution Maquis - 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, tube railroad, 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" belowground subsurface - 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-mugger covert - 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"

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underground

adjective 1. subterranean, basement, lower-level, sunken, covered, buried, below the surface, below ground, subterrestrial

adjective 2. 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 >> the underground 3. the tube, Brit. the subway, the metro

4. the Resistance, partisans, freedom fighters, the Maquis

Translations

underground [ˈʌndəgraund] n (BRIT) (railway) → metro;

(POL) → movimiento clandestino

adj → subterráneo

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underground [ˈʌndəgraund] under adj → souterrain(e) (fig); clandestin(e)

n (Brit) (= railway); métro m;

(Pol) → clandestinité f

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underground [ˈʌndəgraund] under... adj → unterirdisch;

(Pol) [newspaper, activities] → Untergrund-

adv [work] → unterirdisch; [000] (miners) → unter Tage;

(Pol);

to go underground → untertauchen n the underground (Brit) → die U-Bahn;

(Pol) → die Untergrundbewegung;

underground car park → Tiefgarage f

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underground [ˈʌndəgraund] n → metropolitana;

(POL) → movimento clandestino

adj → sotterraneo/a;

(fig) → clandestino/a;

(ART, CINE) → underground inv

adv → sottoterra; clandestinamente

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underground

adj underground [andəˈgraund]

below the surface of the ground underground railways; underground streams. ondergronds تَحْت الأرْض подземен podzemí underjordisk; undergrunds- unterirdisch υπόγειος subterráneo maa-alune زیرزمینی maanalainen souterrain תַת-קַרקַעִי भूमिगत podzemni föld alatti (de: földalatti vasút) neðanjarðar- sotterraneo 地下の požeminis, pogrindinis pazemes- bawah tanah ondergronds undergrunns-, underjordisk podziemny subterrâneo subteran подземный podzemný podzemeljski podzemni underjordisk, tunnel- ที่อยู่ใต้ดิน yer altı 地下的 підземний زمين دوز ở dưới mặt đất 地下的

adv

1 (to a position) under the surface of the ground Rabbits live underground. ondergronds تَحْت الأرْض под земята pod zemí under jorden unterirdisch κάτω από τη γη bajo tierra maa all در زیر زمین maan alla sous (la) terre מִתַחַת לַקַרקע भूमिगत ispod zemlje föld alatt neðanjarðar sottoterra 地下で po žeme pazemē; zem zemes bawah tanah ondergronds under jorda pod ziemią debaixo do chão sub pământ под землёй pod zemou pod zemljo pod zemljom under jorden (marken) ใต้พื้นดิน yer altında 在地下 під землею زير زمين dưới mặt đất 在地下

2 into hiding He will go underground if the police start looking for him. in die geheim سِرِّي، في الخَفاء под прикритие do podzemí under jorden der Untergrund μυστικά, κρυφά, στην παρανομία en la clandestinidad, clandestinamente põranda alla, pakku بطور پنهانی؛ مخفیانه maan alle dans la clandestinité מַחתַרתִי गुप्त podzemno illegalitásba(n) í felur (nella clandestinità) 隠れて pogrindin pagrīdē; slēptuvē bersembunyi illegaal under jorda w podziemiu às escondidas în ilegalitate в подполье do podzemia v ilegali u ilegalu under jorden เป็นความลับ gizli bir yere 隱蔽 підпільно خفيہ ٹھکانے ميں ngầm, bí mật 隐蔽

[ˈandəgraund] n

(Americanˈsubway) an underground railway She hates travelling by/on the underground. moltrein سِكَّة حَديد تَحْت الأرْض метро metro undergrundsbane; metro die U-Bahn υπόγειος σιδηρόδρομος, μετρό metro metroo مترو maanalainen métro רַכֶּבֶת תַחתִית भूमिगत रेलवे, मेट्रो या ट्यूब podzemna željeznica földalatti (vasút) neðanjarðarlest metropolitana 地下鉄 metro metro bawah tanah metro undergrunns-/tunnelbane metro metropolitano metrou метро metro podzemeljska železnica podzemna železnica tunnelbana รถไฟใต้ดิน metro 地鐵 метро زمين دوز ريلوے نظام xe điện ngầm 地铁