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undergrounding

undergrounding is the present participle and gerund of underground.

Meaning of underground

Verb

underground (third-person singular simple present undergrounds, present participle undergrounding, simple past and past participle undergrounded)

  1. To route electricity distribution cables underground.
    • One is to underground where no other alternative will work, and this method should be used universally in urban regions as it now is in “downtown” sections.1962, David Pesonen, “Battles Over Energy”, in Carolyn Merchant, editor, Green Versus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental History, Island Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 325

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Questions about undergrounding

What is undergrounding the present participle and gerund of?
Undergrounding is the present participle and gerund of underground.

Words near undergrounding in the dictionary

  1. underground railway
  2. underground railways
  3. undergrounded
  4. undergrounder
  5. undergrounders
  6. undergrounding
  7. undergroundness
  8. undergrounds
  9. undergrove
  10. undergroves
  11. undergrow

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