- underground
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adjective
(below the surface of the ground: underground railways; underground streams.) undergrunns-, underjordisk2. adverb1) ((to a position) under the surface of the ground: Rabbits live underground.) under jorda2) (into hiding: He will go underground if the police start looking for him.) under jorda3. noun((American subway) an underground railway: She hates travelling by/on the underground.) undergrunns-/tunnelbanetunnelbane--------undergrunnsbaneIsubst. \/ˈʌndəɡraʊnd\/1) (spesielt britisk) undergrunnsbane, tunnelbane2) (politikk) undergrunnsbevegelse, motstandsbevegelse3) (kultur) undergrunn (kulturradikal bevegelse)4) (geologi) skikt under jordoverflaten, undergrunn5) underjordisk plass\/gangIIadj. \/ˈʌndəɡraʊnd\/1) underjordisk, undergrunns-, som ligger under jordoverflaten• about here runs an underground riveromtrent her renner en underjordisk elv2) (overført) hemmelig, illegal• I know nothing of underground activitiesjeg vet ingenting om illegale foretak3) (kulturradikal) undergrunns-• he's an underground writerhan er undergrunnsforfatterIIIadv. \/ˌʌndəˈɡraʊnd\/(også overført) under jorden, under jordoverflatengo underground gå under jorden, gå i dekning
English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.