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Underneath
Definitions
- 1 Under, lower. not-comparable
"You can have the underneath bunk."
- 1 Below; in a place beneath. not-comparable
"I can't take my sweater off: I amn't wearing anything else on underneath."
- 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"
- 1 under or below an object or a surface; at a lower place or level; directly beneath wordnet
- 2 on the lower or downward side; on the underside of wordnet
- 1 The bottom of something. uncountable, usually
"The underneath of the aircraft was painted blue."
- 2 A background radio sound track played during a specific announcement or program. uncountable, usually
"The underneath is music from the latest album by …."
- 1 Under, below, beneath.
"Underneath the water, all was calm."
- 2 Under the control or power of.
"There was little freedom underneath the Nazi jackboot."
Etymology
From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer.
From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer.
From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer.
From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer.
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