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SUBTERRANEOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
Example:
looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge
Synonyms:
subterranean; subterraneous; ulterior
Classified under:
Similar:
covert (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being or operating under the surface of the earth
Example:
a subsurface flow of water
Synonyms:
subterranean; subterraneous
Classified under:
Similar:
subsurface (beneath the surface)
