undergrounding
- 1Present participle and gerund of underground.
The utility company is undergrounding cables across the older neighborhoods.
Undergrounding the transmission lines proved far more expensive than overhead routing.
Note
A power-utility verb that shares its spelling with the adverb meaning "below the ground": to underground a line is to bury it rather than string it on poles. It takes an object, such as cables or transmission lines, and the -ing form often serves as a noun for the whole practice, as in the cost of undergrounding. Keep it apart from going underground: the figurative "secret" meaning belongs to the adjective and adverb, never to this verb.
undergrounding is a form of underground
underground, verb: To place electricity distribution cables below the surface rather than on overhead lines. Full entry
- Forms
- undergroundundergrounds he/she/itundergrounding -ing formundergrounded past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- underground → undergrounding: add -ing
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