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adjective |
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uhn
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graUnd
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| definition 1: |
located, living, taking place, or operating beneath the earth's surface.
The prisoners escaped through an underground tunnel. |
| definition 2: |
beyond public awareness; concealed; clandestine.
During the war, this building housed an underground printing press.The system by which some slaves escaped to freedom before the Civil War came to be known as the Underground Railroad. |
| definition 3: |
counter to the mainstream political or cultural ideas of a society, and so not visible through the established, conventional media.
She wrote articles for an underground newspaper in which she criticized the political regime. |
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clandestine, radical, undercover |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| pronunciation: |
uhn
dr
graUnd
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uhn
dr
graUnd
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| definition 1: |
beneath the earth's surface.
Even children were sent to work underground in the mines in those days. |
| definition 2: |
in secret; clandestinely.
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noun |
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uhn
dr
graUnd
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| definition 1: |
a place or region beneath the earth's surface.
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a space or passage beneath the earth's surface, such as a crossing under a busy street.
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a secret political or paramilitary organization, such as a resistance movement.
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(chiefly British) an underground passenger train or rail system, usu. electric, operating in a large metropolitan area; subway.
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cave, cavern |
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