Lexic.us

Definition of Subterranean

1. Adjective. Being or operating under the surface of the earth. "A subsurface flow of water"

2. Adjective. Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed). "Looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"

Definition of Subterranean

1. a. Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth, or under ground; as, subterranean springs; a subterraneous passage.

Definition of Subterranean

1. Adjective. below ground, under the earth, underground ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subterranean

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subterranean

subtending subtends subtense subtenses subtepid subterahertz subterete subterfuge subterfuges subterm

subterminal subterminally subterms subterrane subterraneal subterranean (current term) subterraneanly subterraneous subterraneously subterraneousness

subterranes subterranies subterranities subterranity subterrany subterrene subterrestrial subtest subtests subtext

Literary usage of Subterranean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1907)
"Some artificial subterranean dwellings display a comparatively high type of architectural art. The designation of the type of dwellings I am about to ..."

2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1863)
"B. subterranean WATERS. It is nn obvious fact that a considerable part of the w.-.tcr which reaches the earth's surface descends into the soil and becomes ..."

3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1869)
"But there are also subterranean streams, which have their ... The subterranean streams usually flow over limestone or argillaceous strata, and not on porous ..."

4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1865)
"B. subterranean WATERS. it is an obvious fact that a considerable part of the water which reaches the earth's surface descends into the soil and becomes in ..."

5. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1865)
"But there are also subterranean streams, which have their rise in hills and ... The subterranean streams usually flow over limestone or argillaceous strata, ..."

6. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1907)
"EARTHQUAKES THE subterranean agencies are those which are due to the earth's own inherent energy and arise deep within the earth's interior, though they are ..."

7. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1907)
"SECTION I subterranean OR IGNEOUS AGENCIES CHAPTER I DIASTROPHISM. EARTHQUAKES •THE subterranean agencies are those which are due to the earth's own ..."

8. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1914)
"SECTION I subterranean OR IGNEOUS AGENCIES CHAPTER I DIASTROPHISM. EARTHQUAKES THE subterranean agencies are those which are due to the earth's own inherent ..."

Other Resources: