underground

(ŭn'dər-ground')
adj.

1. Situated, occurring, or operating below the surface of the earth: underground caverns; underground missile sites.
2. 1. Hidden or concealed; clandestine: underground resistance to the tyrant.
   2. 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. (ŭn'dər-ground')

1. Below the surface of the earth.
2. In secret; stealthily.

tr.v., -ground·ed, -ground·ing, -grounds.
To situate under the ground: workers undergrounding telephone lines.

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adjective

Located or operating beneath the earth's surface: hypogeal, hypogean, hypogeous, subterranean, subterrestrial. See surface/depth.

noun

A clandestine organization of freedom fighters in an oppressed land: resistance. See resist/yield.

adj

Definition: below the surface
Antonyms: aboveground, ground, sky

adj

Definition: secret, subversive
Antonyms: authorized, condoned, known, legal, public

Below grade or ground level, as underground drain lines or cables.

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A dream of being underground may indicate that the dreamer has subconscious issues that have been kept under wraps. Going down under to retrieve them shows a readiness to bring them back up to the surface.

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For a list of words related to underground, see:

• Types of Trains, Cars, and Lines - underground: subway
• Urban Structures and Phenomena - underground: Chiefly Brit. subway system
• Revolution and Antigovernment Activity - underground: secret, usu. antigovernment, terrorist group
• Types and Techniques of Warfare - underground: organized resistance to occupying army
• Cultural Movements, Events, and Institutions - underground: secret resistance organization, esp. in totalitarian country
• Intrigues, Plots, and Corruption - underground: secret organization plotting disruptions of civil order and concealing fugitives
• Hell - underground: underworld

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - under jorden
adj. - underjordisk, illegal, under jorden
n. - undergrunds-, underjordisk
v. tr. - nedgrave

idioms:

• the underground    undergrunden

Nederlands (Dutch)
ondergronds, geheim/ clandestien, alternatief/ experimenteel, ondergrondse (verzetsbeweging), metro, alternatieve beweging, onder de grond plaatsen/ leggen

Français (French)
adv. - sous terre, dans la clandestinité
adj. - souterrain, clandestin, (Art, Mus, Théât) underground, de l'underground
n. - Résistance, maquis, (GB, Transp) métro, mouvement clandestin, (Art, Mus, Théât) underground
v. tr. - faire une installation souterraine (de la tuyauterie)

idioms:

• the underground    (GB, Transp) le métro, le mouvement clandestin

Deutsch (German)
n. - U-Bahn, Untergrundbahn, Untergrund, Untergrundbewegung
adj. - unterirdisch, unter der Erde
adv. - unterirdisch, unter der Erde, im od. in den Untergrund
v. - unterirdisch verlegen

idioms:

• the underground    die U-Bahn, die Untergrundbewegung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Βρετ.) υπόγειος σιδηρόδρομος, μυστική οργάνωση αντίστασης, (το) περιθώριο
adj. - μυστικός, κρυφός, της αντιστάσεως, υπόγειος, (μτφ.) περιθωριακός
adv. - υπογείως
v. - τοποθετώ υπογείως/υπό το έδαφος

idioms:

• the underground    (Βρετ.) υπόγειος σιδηρόδρομος, το περιθώριο

Italiano (Italian)
metro, Resistenza, sotterraneo, sottoterra, stendere cavi sotterranei

idioms:

• the underground    la metropolitana

Português (Portuguese)
n. - subsolo (m)
adj. - subterrâneo
adv. - embaixo da terra, secretamente
v. - colocar no subsolo

idioms:

• the underground    metrô

Русский (Russian)
подземный, подпольный (тайный), авангардный (о культуре), под землей, под землю, подпольно (тайно), прокладывать подземные коммуникации

idioms:

• the underground    метро, подполье, культурный авангард

Español (Spanish)
adv. - bajo tierra, clandestinamente, a escondidas, secretamente
adj. - subterráneo, secreto, clandestino
n. - metro, subterráneo, movimiento clandestino, espacio o conducto debajo de tierra, organización clandestina revolucionaria o subversiva
v. tr. - tender cables subterráneos

idioms:

• the underground    el movimiento clandestino, metro, subterráneo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tunnelbana, underjordisk plats, underjordisk grupp
adj. - underjordisk
adv. - under jorden
v. - bygga el. installera under jorden

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
在地下, 秘密地, 地下的, 秘密的, 地面下的, 地铁, 把...置于地面下

idioms:

• the underground    地铁, 地下组织

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 在地下, 秘密地
adj. - 地下的, 秘密的, 地面下的
n. - 地鐵
v. tr. - 把...置於地面下

idioms:

• the underground    地鐵, 地下組織

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 지하에, 비밀스럽게, 실험적으로
adj. - 지하의, 지하 조직의, 반체제의
n. - 지하철, 지하 운동
v. tr. - 매설하다

idioms:

• the underground    지하도, 지하조직

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 地下に, 潜行して, 地下で
adj. - 地下の, 公認されていない, 反主流の, アングラの
n. - 地下鉄, ロンドンの地下鉄, 地下組織, 地下

idioms:

• the underground    地下, 地下組織, 地下鉄

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سكه حديديه تحت الارض, حركه سريه لمقاومه الحكومه او قوات الاحتلال (صفه) تحت الارض, سري (فعل) يضعه تحت الأرض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮מתחת לאדמה‬
adj. - ‮תת-קרקעי, תחתי, מחתרתי‬
n. - ‮מחתרת, רכבת תחתית‬
v. tr. - ‮העביר אל מתחת לפני הקרקע‬

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