Beneath Definition
bĭ-nēth
adverb
In a lower place; below.
Webster's New World
Underneath.
American Heritage
Just below something; underneath.
Webster's New World
Below or underneath.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- to a lower place
- at a lower place
- below
preposition
Lower than; below.
A drawer beneath a cabinet.
American Heritage
Below; lower than.
Webster's New World
To or into a lower position than.
Moved the picture beneath the light.
American Heritage
Directly under; underneath.
Webster's New World
Covered or concealed by.
The earth lay beneath a blanket of snow.
American Heritage
Origin of Beneath
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From Middle English benethe, from Old English beneoþan (“beneath, under, below”), from Proto-Germanic *bī-niþana (“below”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, under”). Cognate with Low German benedden (“beneath”), Dutch beneden (“beneath, under, down”), German benieden (“below”). Compare also Danish neden (“below”), Swedish and Icelandic nedan (“below, under”). See also nether.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English binethe from Old English beneothan be by by1 neothan below
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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