underneath.
Below; in a place beneath.
Meaning & usage
Below; in a place beneath.
I can't take my sweater off: I amn't wearing anything else on underneath.
I lifted up the pile of clothes, and underneath, on the floor, was a dark red stain.
On the underside or lower face.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer. Equivalent to under- + neath.
Under, below, beneath.
Underneath the water, all was calm.
We flew underneath the bridge.
Under the control or power of.
There was little freedom underneath the Nazi jackboot.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer. Equivalent to under- + neath.
Under, lower.
You can have the underneath bunk.
The underneath part is harder to reach.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer. Equivalent to under- + neath.
The bottom of something.
The underneath of the aircraft was painted blue.
A background radio sound track played during a specific announcement or program.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer. Equivalent to under- + neath.
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