Underground
[ʌndə'graʊnd] or [,ʌndə'ɡraʊnd]
Definition
(noun.) a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force.
(adv.) beneath the surface of the earth; 'water flowing underground'.
(adv.) in or into hiding or secret operation; 'the organization was driven underground'.
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Definition
(n.) The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space.
(a.) Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment.
(a.) Done or occurring out of sight; secret.
(adv.) Beneath the surface of the earth.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Subterranean, subterraneous.
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Definition
adj. under the surface of the ground.—n. that which is underground.—v.t. to place underground.—adv. Underground′ beneath the surface of the earth.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being in an underground habitation, you are in danger of losing reputation and fortune. To dream of riding on an underground railway, foretells that you will engage in some peculiar speculation which will contribute to your distress and anxiety. See Cars, etc.
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Examples
- Anyhow, a solitary, vicious, underground life was the life the Colonel led. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Suppose you want to lie by a day or two, till the gal 's been carried on the underground line up to Sandusky or so, before you start. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The late Jacob Hess, a famous New York Republican politician, was a member of the commission appointed to put the wires underground in New York City, in the eighties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Gardner patents first Underground Cable Car System. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The development of an adequate underground conduit proved also most serious. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Chinese ages ago heated their hollow tiled floors by underground furnace fires. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- One notable afternoon was that on which the New York board of aldermen took a special train out to Menlo Park to see the lighting system with its conductors underground in operation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Wherefore each of you, when his turn comes, must go down to the general underground abode, and get the habit of seeing in the dark. Plato. The Republic.
- It will be underground to protect from the planes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In the latter case, pipes closely wrapped with a non-conducting material carry steam long distances underground to heat remote buildings. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is very suggestive of the unhealthiness of underground graveyards as places of residence. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Even admitting that the size and weight of his low-tension conductors necessitated putting them underground, this argues nothing against the propriety and sanity of his methods. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Of these two Brockton required the larger plant, but with the conductors placed underground. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- So sunken and suppressed it was, that it was like a voice underground. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Underground conduits are built, central offices located and cables provided with an eye to the future, and if these plans are carried out important economies are obtained. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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