underground
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: geography
natural-sciences
Etymology: From Middle English undergrounde (adverb), equivalent to under + ground or under- + ground. Compare Dutch ondergrond, ondergronds, German Untergrund, Danish undergrunds.
Base: ground
Affixes: under-
Inflected forms:
form: more underground
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most underground
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: under ground
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: under-ground
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: more underground
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most underground
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: under ground
pos: adv
tags: alternative
archaic
form: under-ground
pos: adv
tags: alternative
archaic
form: undergrounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: under ground
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: under-ground
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: undergrounds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: undergrounding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: undergrounded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: undergrounded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: under ground
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
form: under-ground
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: There is an underground tunnel that takes you across the river.
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
gloss: Hidden, furtive, secretive.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: These criminals operate through an underground network.
gloss: Of or relating to an art forms (such as music) or subculture that is outside the mainstream, especially one that is unofficial and hidden from the authorities.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
examples: underground music
‘[…]he wrote to me last week telling me about an incredible bitch of a row blazing there on account of someone having been and gone and produced an unofficial magazine called Raddled, full of obscene libellous Oz-like filth. And what I though, what Sammy and I thought, was—why not?’ ‘Why not what?’ said Tom. ‘Why not do the same thing here?’ ‘You mean an underground magazine?’ ‘Yup.’
"In many ways, it showed there was no longer an underground, as such. This proved that there was no longer one society with everyone agreeing how to live . . . The underground had officially come above ground, and consequently no longer existed."
gloss: Below the ground.
pos: adv
examples: The tunnel goes underground at this point.
gloss: Secretly.
pos: adv
gloss: The regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines).
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground.
pos: noun
tags: UK
examples: London Underground
gloss: A movement or organization of people who resist political convention.
pos: noun
tags: with-definite-article
examples: the French underground during World War II
Victor, please, don't go to the underground meeting tonight.
gloss: A movement or organization of people who resist artistic convention.
pos: noun
tags: with-definite-article
gloss: To route electricity distribution cables underground.
pos: verb
examples: One is to underground where no other alternative will work, and this method should be used universally in urban regions as it now is in “downtown” sections.
Also, undergrounding may not eliminate the potential for crashes with other roadside objects, such as trees, walls, buildings, and so forth. [...] When looking at the fesibility of undergrounding utilities, the complete roadside area and nearby adjacent properties should be evaluated for potential roadside obstructions or hazards.
The utility now wants the network to be undergrounded in the urban areas, which would mean substations with 33 kV distribution swtichgear.
Derived words: deep underground military base
go underground
underground handball
underground handpass
underground mutton
underground people
Underground Railroad
underground railway
Weather Underground
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: ընդհատակ
roman: əndhatak
lang: Bulgarian
word: нелегална организация
roman: nelegalna organizacija
lang: Finnish
word: vastarintaliike
lang: French
word: résistance
lang: French
word: mouvement clandestin
lang: French
word: organisation clandestine
lang: Georgian
word: იატაკქვეშა ორგანიზაცია
roman: iaṭaḳkveša organizacia
lang: German
word: Untergrundorganisation
lang: Hebrew
word: מַחְתֶּרֶת
roman: maẖtéret
lang: Irish
word: gluaiseacht faoi choim
lang: Italian
word: resistenza
lang: Italian
word: movimento clandestino
lang: Italian
word: organizzazione clandestina
lang: Macedonian
word: по́дземје
roman: pódzemje
lang: Polish
word: podziemie
lang: Polish
word: ruch oporu
lang: Portuguese
word: resistência
lang: Romanian
word: mișcare clandestină
lang: Romanian
word: organizație clandestină
lang: Russian
word: подпо́лье
roman: podpólʹje
lang: Spanish
word: movimiento clandestino
lang: Spanish
word: organización clandestina