Underneath

//ʌndɚˈniθ// adj, adv, noun, prep

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Under, lower. not-comparable

    "You can have the underneath bunk."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Below; in a place beneath. not-comparable

    "I can't take my sweater off: I amn't wearing anything else on underneath."

  2. 2
    On the underside or lower face. not-comparable

    "No insects exhibit, like them, what may be termed four net-work eyes. It is very easy to perceive them in looking at the animal from above, and then examining it underneath"

Adverb
  1. 1
    under or below an object or a surface; at a lower place or level; directly beneath wordnet
  2. 2
    on the lower or downward side; on the underside of wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The bottom of something. uncountable, usually

    "The underneath of the aircraft was painted blue."

  2. 2
    A background radio sound track played during a specific announcement or program. uncountable, usually

    "The underneath is music from the latest album by …."

Preposition
  1. 1
    Under, below, beneath.

    "Underneath the water, all was calm."

  2. 2
    Under the control or power of.

    "There was little freedom underneath the Nazi jackboot."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer.

Etymology 2

From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer.

Etymology 3

From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer.

Etymology 4

From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer.

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