Associations to the word «Subterranean»

Wiktionary

SUBTERRANEAN, adjective. Below ground, under the earth, underground

Dictionary definition

SUBTERRANEAN, adjective. Being or operating under the surface of the earth; "subterranean passages"; "a subsurface flow of water".
SUBTERRANEAN, adjective. Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats