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subterranean |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subterranean \Sub`ter*ra"ne*an\, Subterraneous \Sub`ter*ra"ne*ous\, a. [L. subterraneus; sub under + terra earth. See {Terrace}.] Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth, or under ground; as subterranean springs; a subterraneous passage. -- {Sub`ter*ra"ne*ous*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: subterranean adj 1: being or operating under the surface of the earth; "subterranean passages"; "a subsurface flow of water" 2: lying beneath what is revealed or avowed, especially being deliberately concealed; "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell [syn: {ulterior}]
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