underneath
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʌndəˈniθ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːθ
- (US) IPA(key): /ʌndɚˈniθ/, /ʌndɚˈnið/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːθ, -iːð
AdverbEdit
underneath (not comparable)
- Below; in a place beneath.
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- 1825, Isaac Taylor, Scenes of British Wealth: In Produce, Manufactures, and Commerce, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry At-home Travellers[1]:
- connected with it underneath, you see a very fine hair-spring.
- On the underside or lower face.
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- 1832, Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, transl.; Georges Cuvier, Edward Pidgeon, Edward Griffith, editors, The Animal Kingdom: Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization[2], volume 14, published 2012, →ISBN:
- 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
TranslationsEdit
below; in a place beneath
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on the underside or lower face of
PrepositionEdit
underneath
- Under, below, beneath.
- Underneath the water, all was calm.
- We flew underneath the bridge.
- We looked underneath the table.
- Under the control or power of.
- There was little freedom underneath the jackboot.
TranslationsEdit
under, below, beneath
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under the control or power of
AdjectiveEdit
underneath (not comparable)
- Under, lower.
- You can have the underneath bunk.
- 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
- The mess in the kitchen was one thing. The way the place smelled was another—some sort of chemistry-lab stink on top, some other smell underneath it. He was afraid the underneath smell might be blood.
TranslationsEdit
under, lower
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NounEdit
underneath (usually uncountable, plural underneaths)
- The lower surface or part of something.
- The underneath of the aircraft was painted blue.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter V, p. 64, [3]
- Nawnim yelped, heaved away, struck his head on the underneath of the bed, and rolled into view bawling.
- 2002, Mary Ann Caws, Surrealist Painters and Poets: An Anthology[4], page 229:
- It was a monolith of a golden color, opening at its base on to a cavern: its underneath was hollowed out by water.
- 2010, Molly Brodak, A Little Middle of the Night[5], page 13:
- I have been looking for an underneath I couldn't see.
- 2011, Nigella Lawson, Nigella Express: Good Food Fast[6]:
- they harden up a little as they cool, and they should be damp within; that's what makes them chewy, so don't worry that the underneaths of the macaroons look sticky.
- A background radio sound track played during a specific announcement or program.
- 2009, Jay Trachtenberg (radio host), KUT-FM Radio, Austin, Texas, 17 Dec.:
- The underneath is music from the latest album by [...].
- 2009, Jay Trachtenberg (radio host), KUT-FM Radio, Austin, Texas, 17 Dec.:
TranslationsEdit
the part under or lower
background sound track
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ReferencesEdit
- underneath at OneLook Dictionary Search
- underneath in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911