4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

underneath

adverb

1: on the lower or downward side; "a chest of drawers all scratched underneath"

2: lower down on the page; "diagrams with figures underneath"

3: beneath by way of support; "a house with a good foundation underneath"

4: under or below an object or a surface; "we could see the original painting underneath"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Underneath \Un'der*neath"\, adverb [OE. undirnepe. See {Under}, and {Beneath}.] Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil.

Or sullen mole, that runneth underneath. --Milton.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Underneath \Un'der*neath"\, preposition Under; beneath; below.

Underneath this stone lie As much beauty as could die. --B. Jonson.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "underneath": bed, bedrock, belly, below, beneath, bottom, bottom side, breech, buttocks, clandestine, covert, downside, fundament, furtive, hardpan, hole-and-corner, lower side, lowest layer, lowest level, neath, nether side, nethermost level, rock bottom, sole, stealthy, subordinate to, substratum, surreptitious, under, under-the-table, underbelly, undercover, underlayer, underside

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