Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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underground | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
covert | Yes | Yes | No | No |
underground (noun) | covert (noun) |
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an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) | a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something |
a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force | a flock of coots |
underground (adjective) | covert (adjective) |
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conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods | secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed |
under the level of the ground | (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband |
underground (adverb) | covert (adverb) |
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beneath the surface of the earth | |
in or into hiding or secret operation |