Underneath
[ʌndə'niːθ] or [,ʌndɚ'niθ]
Definition
(adv.) under or below an object or a surface; at a lower place or level; directly beneath; 'we could see the original painting underneath'; 'a house with a good foundation underneath'.
(adv.) on the lower or downward side; on the underside of; 'a chest of drawers all scratched underneath'.
Typed by Clarissa--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil.
(prep.) Under; beneath; below.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
prep. Under, beneath, below.
ad. Below, under, beneath.
Editor: Natasha
Definition
adv. beneath: below: in a lower place.—prep. under: beneath.
Editor: Louise
Examples
- But the fust was put underneath the door, and this come by the post, day afore yesterday. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Underneath we are the same. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I wish you could ha' heard how the women screamed, Sammy, ven they picked up the shepherd from underneath the table--Hollo! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I saw him then, messieurs, began the mender of roads, a year ago this running summer, underneath the carriage of the Marquis, hanging by the chain. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- If that's Tom Tootle,' Miss Abbey made proclamation, in her most commanding tones, 'let him instantly come underneath here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And then she would lean upon her balcony, and look over at the water, as though they all lay underneath it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The ham and eggs were in a round dish--the ham underneath and the eggs on top. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- With your priest and your English girl, and really you are just like me underneath. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Her active living was suspended, but underneath, in the darkness, something was coming to pass. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Oh, it was cruel of him to remind me of it, and she looked up at George's picture, which hung there as usual, with the portrait of the boy underneath. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I sent it down again, with these words written underneath the word, on purpose to put him in a passion, Don't know anybody in that shire. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- His capacious waistcoat was suggestive of a large heart underneath. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You just sat and watched each other, and guessed at what was going on underneath. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- If you hear of Lady Dedlock, brilliant, prosperous, and flattered, think of your wretched mother, conscience-stricken, underneath that mask! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There is plenty of room for other inscriptions underneath. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This one covered, as a matter of fact, the T joint which gives off the pipe which supplies the kitchen underneath. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I found a stone stairway that went up from the stable underneath. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I now commanded my own bed and my own toilet, with a locked work-box upon it, and locked drawers underneath. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- To give the ship an upward or a downward movement the plane on which the ship rests was provided with a weight adapted to slip back and forth on a cable underneath the balloon shell. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The tree is distinguished by the great thickness and sponginess of its bark, and by the leaves being evergreen, oblong, somewhat oval, downy underneath, and waved. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After I had been an hour at the play, the manager came around and asked me to go underneath the stage, as they were putting on a ballet of 300 girls, the finest ballet in Europe. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is merely toppled over, face side upward, clamped side underneath. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Yet underneath she was constrained, she knew her own insistence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The additional heat of 30° is communicated by the fire underneath to the large cylinder. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Yet underneath was death itself. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was one of the wooden chambers upstairs, with the tide flowing underneath. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And underneath? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I see the brass underneath YOUR silver plating. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If an inclined plane is pushed underneath or within an object, it serves as a wedge. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- She was angered quickly, but she forgave just as readily, and underneath her pride there was the meekness of a child. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Editor: Louise