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Meaning of underground

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  underground
      adv 1: in or into hiding or secret operation; "the organization
             was driven underground"
      2: beneath the surface of the earth; "water flowing underground"
      adj 1: under the level of the ground; "belowground storage
             areas"; "underground caverns" [syn: {belowground},
             {underground}]
      2: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
         "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" [syn: {clandestine},
         {cloak-and-dagger}, {hole-and-corner(a)}, {hugger-mugger},
         {hush-hush}, {secret}, {surreptitious}, {undercover},
         {underground}]
      n 1: a secret group organized to overthrow a government or
           occupation force [syn: {underground}, {resistance}]
      2: an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground
         (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called
         the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the
         `underground'" [syn: {metro}, {tube}, {underground}, {subway
         system}, {subway}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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