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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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