Beneath
[bɪ'niːθ] or [bɪ'niθ]
Definition
(prep.) Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of.
(prep.) Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.
(prep.) Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.
(adv.) In a lower place; underneath.
(adv.) Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
prep. [1]. Under, underneath, below.[2]. Unbecoming, unbefitting, unworthy of.
ad. Below.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Below, underneath, under, adown
ANT:Above, over, overhead, aloft
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Definition
prep. under or lower in place: inside of behind: unworthy the dignity of unbecoming.
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Examples
- With an area beneath, it was no mean feat to reach that window ledge and open that window. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I will have my hands full keeping your neck from beneath the guillotine. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Mr. Pickwick paused, and looked steadily on Mr. Winkle, who quailed beneath his leader's searching glance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I saw the sudden change that came upon him beneath my gaze. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- While these words were being spoken Miss Fairlie looked down at the table beneath her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The glyptodon was a monstrous South American armadillo, and a human skeleton has been found by Roth buried beneath its huge tortoise-like shell. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This is a determinant which burrows beneath our ordinary classification of progressive and reactionary to the spiritual habits of a period. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Evidently we were very far beneath the surface crust of Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Others, less injured and still in fighting trim, were making for the beaches close beneath him that would bring them under the protection of his army. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is no fruition in their vacant kindness, and sharp rocks lurk beneath the smiling ripples of these shallow waters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They all think us beneath them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The recess beneath the counter in which his flock mattress was thrust, looked like a grave. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- A pendulum carrying a pencil was in constant contact with a strip of paper drawn beneath the pencil. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Beneath the nearest lamp-post he glanced at his watch and saw that the time was close on eleven. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- When D'Arnot regained consciousness, he found himself lying upon a bed of soft ferns and grasses beneath a little A shaped shelter of boughs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A horrid scream of bestial rage broke from the banth as he felt warm flesh beneath his powerful talons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She was so alone, with the level, unliving field of the water stretching beneath her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There were a couple of shelves, with a few plates and cups and saucers; and a pair of stage shoes and a couple of foils hung beneath them. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- For sound, whether it be the noise of an oarlock or a companion’s casual remark, can be heard more than four times as easily by the fish in the water beneath than it can up above in the air. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If one wishes the pits may be left uncovered, in which case something like a foot of the ensilage will decay and form a covering and protection for that beneath. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Struggling and shrieking, his body, rolling from side to side, moved quickly toward the shadows beneath the trees. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Beneath the brilliant light of Mars' two glorious moons the whole scene presented itself in vivid distinctness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There are three great series of strata beneath the Silurian system in Canada, in the lowest of which the Eozoon is found. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Every inch of the ramparts themselves is beneath the eye of a sentry. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- At last Clayton saw the immense muscles of Tarzan's shoulders and biceps leap into corded knots beneath the silver moonlight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A minute after one little hand stole out from beneath her face, to which it had been pressed, and softly caressed the heedless foot. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Then he commenced groping his way about the floor of the dark chamber searching for the trap that led to the corridors beneath. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Ah what disaster, if the mother's door opened just beneath him, and she saw him! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- See, I have it here, and as she spoke she drew Tan Gama's short-sword from beneath her sleeping silks and furs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As we descended in great circles toward the navy docks a mighty multitude could be seen surging in the streets beneath. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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