See Also: subterranean(dictionary)
subterranean(dictionary)
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park(tourism)

subterranean (iou)



subterranean adjective & noun. E17.
[from Latin subterraneus, formed as SUB- + terra earth: see -AN, -EAN. Cf. SUPERTERRANEAN.]
A. adjective.
Existing or living below the surface of the earth; formed or constructed underground; operating or performed underground. E17.
J. Raban Drilling..under the desert to reach subterranean springs.
b. Growing underground (opp. aerial). M19.
Existing under the earth; belonging to the underworld; infernal. E17.
Existing or working out of sight or in the dark; secret, concealed. M17.
Spectator The dubious perimeter of subterranean society in San Francisco.
Special collocations: subterranean clover a European clover, Trifolium subterraneum (naturalized as a weed in pastures in Australia), whose fruiting heads bury themselves in the ground.
b. noun.
A person who lives underground; a cave-dweller. E17.
An underground cave or dwelling. L18.
An inhabitant of the underworld, an infernal being. rare. M19.
'subterrane adjective & noun (now rare) (a) adjective = SUBTERRANEAN adjective; (b) noun = SUBTERRANEAN noun 2: E17.
subterraneal adjective = SUBTERRANEAN adjective L16-E19.
subterraneanly adverb in a subterranean manner, under the ground L19.
subterra'neity noun (now rare or obsolete) the condition of being subterranean; a place or thing found underground: L17.
subterraneous adjective (now rare) = SUBTERRANEAN adjective E17.
subterraneously adverb in a subterranean manner; secretly; in the dark; below the surface of the ground: E19.
subterraneousness noun (rare) the quality of being subterranean E18.
subte'rranity noun (now rare or obsolete) = subterraneity M17.