underneath

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Below

   Below; in a place beneath.

   • I can't take my sweater off: I amn't wearing anything else on underneath.
   • connected with it underneath, you see a very fine hair-spring.
2. 2

   On the underside or lower face.

   • 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
3. 3

   Under, below, beneath.

   • Underneath the water, all was calm.
   • We flew underneath the bridge.
   • We looked underneath the table.
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   1. 4

      Under the control or power of.

      • There was little freedom underneath the Nazi jackboot.
   2. 5

      Under, lower.

      • You can have the underneath bunk.
      • 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.
   3. 6

      The bottom of something.

      • The underneath of the aircraft was painted blue.
      • Nawnim yelped, heaved away, struck his head on the underneath of the bed, and rolled into view bawling.
      • It was a monolith of a golden color, opening at its base on to a cavern: its underneath was hollowed out by water.
   4. 7

      A background radio sound track played during a specific announcement or program.

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

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