above ground

Definitions

1. On or above the surface of the ground.
2. Not dead and buried; alive.
   figuratively
3. Not of or relating to the social or political underground; in the open; existing within or produced by the establishment.

Equivalents

11 more languages

Българскижив

Bosanskiжив

Češtinanadzemní

Suomimaanpäällinentämänpuoleinenvaltavirtainen

Gaeilgeos cionn talún

Hrvatskiжив

Íslenskaofanjarðar

ქართულიმიწისზედა

Nederlandsaan de oppervlaktebovengrondsin klaarlichte dagnog in levennog niet dood en begravenopenlijk+ 3 more

Polskinadziemny

Српскижив

Examples

“"This place⟳ Rome? It is but the tomb of mighty Rome." He showed Gerard . . . the gigantic vestiges of antiquity that peeped aboveground here and there.”

“Last⟳ spring⟳, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.”

“Alice: I told you, he don't have⟳ no wife, not aboveground, anyhow.”

“More disturbing was that zines and underground culture didn't seem to be any sort⟳ of threat to this aboveground world.”

“And they argue⟳ that if aboveground activists continue⟳ to express⟳ public sympathy for their underground counterparts […]”

“But there is yet another interlocutor that precedes the underground culture of zines: the aboveground world of straight society.”

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