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# underground

adjective (underground); adverb (underground); noun (the underground)

«underground» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Underground means below the surface of the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/#m1)
2. The underground is a railway that runs in tunnels under a city (in London called the Tube; in the USA the subway). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/#m2)
3. Underground can describe something secret or hidden from the authorities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons roots, burrows, caves, water and many animals (moles, rabbits, worms) live underground; coal and oil are found underground. In everyday life people travel on the underground. In history, people hid in underground shelters or ran underground groups. Phrases: go underground, underground station, underground train, underground water.

### Examples

- Moles live underground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/#x1)
- Carrots grow underground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/#x2)
- We took the underground to the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/#x3)
- Mind the gap on the underground platform. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/#x4)
- Rabbits dig underground tunnels called burrows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/#x5)
- Water flows underground in some caves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/#x6)
- Miners work deep underground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/#x7)
- During the war people sheltered in underground stations. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/#x8)
- "They are playing at work underground, like moles," said she. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/#x9)

### Note

It can be an adjective (an underground cave) or an adverb (they live underground). «The Underground» with a capital U often means the London railway. In the USA it is the «subway»; in British English a «subway» is a tunnel for walking under a road. Never go into old mines or drains — they can flood or collapse.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «underground» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underground/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«underground» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/underground.html) on Mova free.