Definitions for underground

Definitions for (noun) underground

Main entry: metro, tube, underground, subway, subway system

Definition: an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

Usage: in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'


Main entry: resistance, underground

Definition: a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force


Definitions for (adj) underground

Main entry: secret, undercover, underground, surreptitious, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, clandestine, cloak-and-dagger

Definition: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

Usage: 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


Main entry: underground, belowground

Definition: under the level of the ground

Usage: belowground storage areas; underground caverns


Definitions for (adv) underground

Main entry: underground

Definition: beneath the surface of the earth

Usage: water flowing underground


Main entry: underground

Definition: in or into hiding or secret operation

Usage: the organization was driven underground


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