underground
What is the Definition of underground?
Noun:
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
Adjective:
Adverb:
- in or into hiding or secret operation
- beneath the surface of the earth
How can I use underground in a sentence?
Once, he thought he saw a burst of fire at the end of a passage and twisted around to see if it was a dragon, but too late — they plunged even deeper, passing an underground lake where huge stalactites and stalagmites grew from the ceiling and floor.
Harry did not speak at all as they walked down the road; he did not even notice how much people were gawking at them on the Underground, laden as they were with all their funny-shaped packages, with the snowy owl asleep in its cage on Harry's lap.
They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles.
They went rattling over an underground ravine, and Harry leaned over the side to try to see what was down at the dark bottom, but Hagrid groaned and pulled him back by the scruff of his neck.
He got stuck in the ticket barrier on the Underground, and complained loudly that the seats were too small and the trains too slow.
Other meanings of underground (synonyms, cognates).
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