underground (redirected from undergrounding)

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

adj [ˈʌndəˌgraʊnd]

adv [ˌʌndəˈgraʊnd]

1. occurring, situated, used, or going below ground level an underground tunnel an underground explosion

2. secret; hidden underground activities

n [ˈʌndəˌgraʊnd]

1. a space or region below ground level

2. (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 II

b.  (as modifier) an underground group

3. (Transport / Railways) (often preceded by the) an electric passenger railway operated in underground tunnels US and Canadian equivalent subway

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (usually preceded by the)

a.  any avant-garde, experimental, or subversive movement in popular art, films, music, etc.

b.  (as modifier) the underground press underground music

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

adverb

1. 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.

adjective

1. subterranean, basement, lower-level, sunken, covered, buried, below the surface, below ground, subterrestrial a run-down shopping area with an underground car park

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 accused of organising and financing an underground youth movement

3. avant-garde, alternative, experimental, innovative, ground-breaking a film about the underground music scene in Los Angeles

the underground

4. 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.

Translations

underground [ˈʌndəgraʊnd]

A. ADJ

1. [building, cave, mine] → subterráneo
an underground car park → un parking subterráneo

2. (fig) [newspaper, movement] → clandestino

3. (= alternative) [film, magazine, artist, culture] → underground inv

B. ADV

1. (= under the ground) → bajo tierra
moles live underground → los topos viven bajo tierra
it's six feet underground → está a seis pies bajo tierra

2. (fig) (= into hiding) to go underground (= hide) → esconderse (Pol) → pasar a la clandestinidad

C. N

1. (Brit) (= railway) → metro m, subterráneo m (Arg), subte m (Arg)

2. (Mil) → resistencia f clandestina (Pol) → movimiento m clandestino (Art) → arte m marginal or underground

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underground [ˌʌndə^rˈgraʊnd]

adj

(= below ground) [pipes, tunnel, passage, caves] → souterrain(e)
an underground car park → un parking souterrain

(= secret) [movement, organization, activity, press] → clandestin(e)

adv

(= below ground) [live, bury, dig] → sous terre; [work, mine] → au fond
Moles live underground → Les taupes vivent sous terre.
to be buried underground → être enfoui(e) sous terre
deep underground → à de grandes profondeurs

(= in secret) → dans la clandestinité
to go underground → entrer dans la clandestinité

[ˈʌndə^rgraʊnd] n

(British) (= railway system) → métro m
Is there an underground in Lille? → Est-ce qu'il y a un métro à Lille?
by underground → en métro

(POLITICS) the underground → les organisations fpl clandestines, Nous combattions aux côtés des organisations clandestines contre le régime militaire.

modif (British) [station, train] → de métro; [system] → de transports souterrains

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underground

adj

explosion, lake, cave, passage → unterirdisch; underground cable → Erdkabel nt; underground mining → Untertagebau m; underground railway (Brit) or railroad (US) → Untergrundbahn f; underground line → U-Bahn-Linie f

(fig: = secret) → Untergrund-; underground movement → Untergrundbewegung f; underground activities → Untergrundtätigkeit f

(= alternative) → Underground-; underground magazine → Underground-Magazin nt

adv

→ unterirdisch; (Min) → unter Tage; 3 m underground → 3 m unter der Erde

(fig) to go underground → untertauchen

n

(Brit Rail) → U-Bahn f, → Untergrundbahn f

(= movement) → Untergrundbewegung f; (= subculture) → Underground m

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underground (Brit Rail):

underground station

n → U-Bahnhof m

underground system

n → U-Bahn-Netz nt

underground train

n → U-Bahn-Zug m

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underground [ɐadj ˈʌndəˌgraʊnd; ɐadv ˌʌndəˈgraʊnd]

1. adj (passage, cave, railway) → sotterraneo/a (fig) (political movement, press) → clandestino/a (Art, Cine) → underground inv

2. adv → sottoterra (fig) → clandestinamente
to go underground (fig) → entrare in clandestinità

3. n

a. (Brit) (Rail) the Underground → la metropolitana
to go by underground or on the underground → andare in or con la metropolitana

b. (Mil, Pol) the underground → il movimento clandestino, la resistenza (Art) → la controcultura, l'underground m

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underground [ɐadj ˈʌndəˌgraʊnd; ɐadv ˌʌndəˈgraʊnd]

1. adj (passage, cave, railway) → sotterraneo/a (fig) (political movement, press) → clandestino/a (Art, Cine) → underground inv

2. adv → sottoterra (fig) → clandestinamente
to go underground (fig) → entrare in clandestinità

3. n

a. (Brit) (Rail) the Underground → la metropolitana
to go by underground or on the underground → andare in or con la metropolitana

b. (Mil, Pol) the underground → il movimento clandestino, la resistenza (Art) → la controcultura, l'underground m

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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 지하의 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 지하에 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 숨어서 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 躲藏 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 지하철 metro metro bawah tanah metro undergrunns-/tunnelbane metro metropolitano metrou метро metro podzemeljska železnica podzemna železnica tunnelbana รถไฟใต้ดิน metro (美國subway)地鐵 метро زمين دوز ريلوے نظام xe điện ngầm 地铁

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underground → تحت سطح الأرض, سكة حديد تحت الأرض podzemí, podzemní under jorden, undergrund Untergrundbewegung, unterirdisch υπόγειος σιδηρόδρομος, υπογείως bajo tierra, subterráneo maan alla, maanalainen järjestö métro, souterrain podzemlje, podzemno metropolitana, sottoterra 地下に, 地下運動 지하 운동, 지하에 metro, ondergronds undergrunn, undergrunns- metro, tajnie subterrâneo метрополитен, подземный tunnelbana, under jorden ใต้ดิน, องค์การลับที่ต้องการปฏิวัติล้มล้างรัฐบาล yeraltı harekatı, yerin altında dưới mặt đất, tàu điện ngầm 在地下, 地铁