Synonyms for underneath
| Grammar : Prep |
| Spell : uhn-der-neeth, -neeth  |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn dərˈniθ, -ˈnið |
Définition of underneath
Origin :- Old English underneoðan, from under + neoðan "below" (see beneath).
- prep below
- Wiglaf stabs the dragon from underneath, and Bewulf cuts it in two with his dagger.
- Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
- The men were working at the breast of it, some underneath, some on top.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- Once, he roused with a start and hastily got the axe out from underneath the lashings.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Underneath was printed "May be consulted gratis from ten to four."
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- Underneath is a stone platform, and on it the hideous elephant-god.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- The wind, catching it underneath as it slid, tipped it backward.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- There's matches in a box on the wall just underneath where 'twas hangin'.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The sunset is unlike anything that is underneath it: it wants men.
- Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I cook in it and on it and all around the sides and underneath it.
- Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
- Underneath the tiger, again, there is a man civilised for centuries.
- Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
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