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underground

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1. underground - Noun

2. underground - Adjective

3. underground - Verb

4. underground - Adverb

6. underground - Adjective Satellite

7. Underground - Proper noun

Meaning

The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space.

Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment.

Done or occurring out of sight; secret.

Beneath the surface of the earth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger. Harriet Tubman

I can't go underground for a year, ten years, my whole life, waiting for freedom to be handed to me. Freedom is something you have to take for yourself. Cory Doctorow

I have spent 11 horrific years in solitary confinement in a 6-square-meter dungeon three floors underground without sunlight or fresh air. But I endured my hardships because I was merely living my convictions. Samir Geagea

He who boasts of his descent is like a potato: the best part is underground. American Proverb

A degenerate nobleman is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground. English Proverb

A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the best part of which is underground. Spanish Proverb

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