Beneath

Definition: Beneath

Beneath

Adverb

1. In or to a place that is lower.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "beneath" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Beneath

Improbity

Contemptible, unrespectable, abject, mean, shabby, little, paltry, dirty, scurvy, scabby, sneaking, groveling, scrubby, rascally, pettifogging; beneath one.

Interment

Adverb: in memoriam; post obit, post mortem; beneath the sod.

Lowness

Adverb: under; beneath, underneath; below; downwards; adown, at the foot of; under foot, under ground; down stairs, below stairs; at a low ebb; below par.

Unconformity

Phoenix, chimera, hydra, sphinx, minotaur; griffin, griffon; centaur; saggittary; kraken, wyvern, roc, dragon, sea serpent; mermaid, merman, merfolk; unicorn; Cyclops, "men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"; teratology.

Unimportance

Poor, paltry, pitiful; contemptible; (contempt); sorry, mean, meager, shabby, miserable, wretched, vile, scrubby, scrannel, weedy, scurvy, putid, beggarly, worthless, twopennyhalfpenny, cheap, trashy, catchpenny, gimcrack, trumpery; one-horse. not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw; Noun: beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration; de lana caprina; vain; (useless).

Crosswords: Beneath

The man is beneath me and so is his daughter (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield)

I have a feeling beneath those jeans is something wonderful waiting to get out. (Boogie Nights; writing credit: Paul Thomas Anderson.)

Beneath his black-rimmed glasses was the coiled sexual power of a jungle cat. I love this (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman)

80,000 leagues beneath the sea it lay, or lie. I'm not too sure (Yellow Submarine; writing credit: Al Brodax; Jack Mendelsohn)

He could be behind the wall, inside the water barrel, beneath a pile of leaves, up in the tree, squatting down behind the car, concealed in a hollow, or crouched behind any one of a hundred bushes (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

'cause you are the wind beneath my wings ("The Wind Beneath My Wings"; performing artist: Bette Midler)

Beneath the light (Neon Moon; performing artist: Brooks & Dunn)

And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track ("Johnny B. Goode"; performing artist: Chuck Berry)

And rolled beneath a deep blue sky (The End of the Innocence; performing artist: Don Henley)

Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand (Vincent; performing artist: Don McLean)

Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974)

City Beneath the Sea (1971)

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

The Body Beneath (1970)

Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom (reference)

• Dinotopia: The World Beneath (reference)

• Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts (reference)

• The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City (reference)

• The Silent War: The Cold War Battle Beneath the Sea (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Cranberries - Beneath the Skin - Live in Paris (Version 2) (reference)

• What Lies Beneath (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Beneath the Raven Moon (reference)

• Beneath the Surface (reference)

• The Wind Beneath My Wings (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Head opened at autopsy revealing purulent inflammation of leptomeninges beneath reflected dura. Credit: CDC.

View over the nominal position of New Zealand from Galileo. (New Zealand, however, is not visible in the image as it is beneath the clouds.). Credit: NASA.

"Mud beneath and snow above - A bad combination for a heavy load." White 1 and 1/2 ton truck Astro party of C. V. Hodgson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

AQUARIUS post-hurricane Hugo-- 6 feet of sand scoured from beneath leg. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Humpback whales cruising beneath a diver. Megaptera novaeangliae. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Caption: Cement Cabinet for Phonograph, Consisting of Statue atop Base, Three-quarters View. Phonograph Is Concealed in Base Beneath Statue; August 2, 1912; {08.120/13} (jpg).

Under construction at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 14 July 1921. Photographed by Replugle, looking aft from the bow area with the bulkhead at Frame 75 in the center. The double bottom beneath the forward magazines is being installed in front of that bulkhead. Construction of this ship was halted by the Naval Limitations Treaty in February 1922. Credit: NAVY.

SBD "Dauntless" dive bombers from USS Hornet (CV-8) approaching the burning Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma to make the third set of attacks on her, during the early afternoon of 6 June 1942. Mikuma had been hit earlier by strikes from Hornet and USS Enterprise (CV-6), leaving her dead in the water and fatally damaged. Photo was enlarged from a 16mm color motion picture film. Note bombs hung beneath these planes. Credit: NAVY.

Out from beneath the house came the boy --. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ecco, signor Pug! the execution : Pug looked down and saw the firing squad beneath him. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To turn him loose to an unrestrained liberty, before he has reason to guide him, is not the allowing him the privilege of his nature to be free; but to thrust him out amongst brutes, and abandon him to a state as wretched, and as much beneath that of a man, as their's. (Second Treatise of Government)

They wrote their philosophical nonsense beneath the French original. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

There is always a look of consciousness or bustle when people come in a way which they know to be beneath them

Beneath, around, and far as eye could see, Squadron on squadron, stretched opposing hosts, Ranked as for battle, mute and motionless

Hester next gathered up the heavy tresses of her hair, and confined them beneath her cap.

It was impossible to extricate him otherwise than by raising the waggon from beneath.

Emerald and black and russet and olive, it moved beneath the current, swaying and turning

But these within the ice are not so numerous nor obvious as those beneath.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Urethral sling procedures pass a ribbon of fascia or artificial material beneath the urethra. (references)

Stroma - Beneath Bowman's layer is the stroma, which comprises about 90 percent of the cornea's thickness. (references)

In addition to repeated sinus infections and pneumonia, the individual develops infections that infiltrate beneath the skin (cellulitis). (references)

Business

Several companies even operate beneath 50% of their installed capacities amid the crisis. (references)

Economic History

Kiribati

In mid-1999 it was announced that two uninhabited coral reefs had sunk beneath the sea. (references)

Burma

Communications systems in Burma remain woefully inadequate and are far beneath international norms. (references)

Australia

Flag: On a blue field, U.K. Union Jack in the top left corner, a large white star directly beneath symbolizing federation, and five smaller white stars on the right half representing the Southern Cross constellation. (references)

Human Rights

Hong Kong

Beneath the Court of Final Appeal is the High Court, composed of the Court of Appeal and the Court of First Instance. (references)

Women

Belarus

Of employees with higher or specialized secondary education between two-thirds and three-fourths (mostly women) live beneath the official poverty level. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "beneath": be beneath criticism ♦ beneath contempt ♦ beneath his dignity ♦ beneath notice ♦ beneath one ♦ beneath one's dignity ♦ beneath smb.'s dignity ♦ beneath the sod ♦ ground clearance beneath one axle ♦ he is beneath notice ♦ it's beneath you to lie ♦ marry beneath. Additional references.

Afrikaans

onder (below, under, underneath). (various references)

Albanian

poshtë (below, down, downstairs, infra, low, under, underneath), nën nivel (sunk, sunken), nën (below, infra, under, underneath). (various references)

Arabic 

‏غير جدير ب (unworthy), ‏تحت (below, down, under, underneath), ‏أدنى رتبة من, ‏دون (below, inferior, mark, mark down, nick, notch, note, put down, record, set down, stick down, take down, take notes, tally, transcribe, under, write, write down, write out). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отдолу под (under), отдолу (below, from below, sub-, under, underfoot, underneath), по-долу от, по-долу (below, hereinafter, infra, thereinafter, thereunder, under, underneath), под (below, floor, ground, in, infra, on, to, under, underneath), долу (at the bottom, below, down, downstairs, infra, under, underneath). (various references)

Chinese 

在下方 , 之下 (less than, under), 低 (eloquent, low, talent, to hang down, to incline, to let droop, to lower), 下面 (Below, under, underneath, underside). (various references)

Czech

vespod (underneath), pod (below, under, underneath). (various references)

Danish

under (below, under, underneath). (various references)

Dutch

onder (among, below, between, downstairs, during, for, under, underneath, whereas, while, whilst), beneden (below, downstairs, under, underneath). (various references)

Esperanto

sub (below, under, underneath), malsupre de (below, under). (various references)

Faeroese

undir (below, under, underneath). (various references)

Farsi 

پست تر (Less, Lower), پاءینی (Underneath), پاءین تراز (Under), پاءین تر (Lower, Subordinate), پاءین (Below, Bottom, Low, Nether, Underneath), کوچکتر (Less, Lesser, Minor), تحتانی , تحت فشار (Impacted), تحت نفوذ, زیرین (Under, Underneath, Underside), زیر (Acute, Bottom, Nether, Sole, Sub, Under), اززیر (Underneath), روی خاک , درزیر (Below, Nether, Under, Underneath). (various references)

Finnish

alla (below, under, underneath). (various references)

French

sous (below). (various references)

Frisian

ûnder (below, under, underneath). (various references)

German

unter (among, amongst, below, between, down below, down under, hypo, Neath, nether, sub, under, underneath), unten (at the bottom of, bellow, below, down, down below, down here, down south, down there, downrightrechts, downstairs, downstream, lowly, under, underfoot, underneath), darunter (among them, below, by that, thereunder, under, under it, under that, underneath, underneath it), unterhalb (below, downstream, downstream from, neath, under, underneath), Neben (alongside, apart from, aside from, at, beside, besides, by, close by, compared to, compared with, near, near to, nearby, next, next to, para). (various references)

Greek 

κάτω από (below, under, underneath). (various references)

Hebrew 

מתחת ל- (below, under, underneath), מטה (bed, below, bier, couch, down, downward, litter, sleeper, under, underneath), למטה מן (below), למטה (below, down, down ward, downhill, henceforth, under), תחת (arse, below, bottom, butt, buttock, rump, under). (various references)

Hungarian

alá (below, infra, to torment, under, underneath), lenn (down, under, underneath), alatt (at press, below, during, for, in, pending, through, under, underneath, whereas, while, whilst). (various references)

Indonesian

dibawah (below, under). (various references)

Irish

taobh thíos de (below, under, underneath), faoi bhun (below, under, underneath), faoi (about, about it, against, below, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, under, underneath, upon). (various references)

Italian

sotto (among, behind, below, bottom, down, downstairs, lower, under, underneath). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

下　 (below, under), 下 (below, under). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

した (below, tongue, under). (various references)

Korean 

아래에. (various references)

Manx

heese (down, downhill, hereafter, knock-down, knock-down prices, lower end, under). (various references)

Norwegian

under (below, under, underneath). (various references)

Papiamen

bou di (below, under, underneath), den (a, below, in, inside, into, on, per, under, underneath, within), abou di (below, under, underneath). (various references)

Pig Latin

eneathbay.(various references)

Polish

pod (below, under, underneath). (various references)

Portuguese

sob (below, under, underneath), abaixo (below, down, downhill, downstairs, downwards, thereunder, underneath). (various references)

Romanian

sub (at, below, in, under, underneath). (various references)

Russian 

под (below, bottom, climb, hearth, under, under both, underneath). (various references)

Scottish

fo (at the foot of, below, under, underneath). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pod (below, floor, ground, on, sub, under, underneath), niže (below, infra, lower), ispod (below, down below, infra, sub, under, underneath). (various references)

Spanish

debajo de (below, under, underneath), debajo (below, under, underneath). (various references)

Sranan

ondro (below, hundred, one hundred, under, underneath). (various references)

Swahili

chini ya (below, under, underneath). (various references)

Swedish

under (below, during, for, in, into, marvel, miracle, over, under, underneath, unto, wonder). (various references)

Tagalog

sa ilálim (below, under, underneath). (various references)

Thai

อยู่ข้างล่าง, ข้างล่าง (downstairs). (various references)

Turkish

altta (below, under), altında (below, below smb., down, down below, Neath, sub, under, underneath), altına (down, down below, down there, sub, under, underneath). (various references)

Ukrainian

унизу (alow, below, down, downstairs, under, underneath), нижче (below, hereafter, nethermore, underneath). (various references)

Vietnamese 

ở dưới thấp (below), ở dưới (below, subjacent). (various references)

Welsh

tanodd (below), tan (as far, till, to, under, until), obry (below), isod (below), islaw (below), is (below, inferior, lower, sub-, under, under-, vice-), goris (below, under), dan (below, under). (various references)

Zulu

phansi kwa- (below, under, underneath). (various references)

assub, deorsum, dorsum, inferam, inferas, inferi, inferior, inferiora, inferiorem, inferiores, inferiori, inferioribus, inferioris, inferis, infero, inferorum, inferos, inferus, sub, subter, subter supter. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Beneath" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bandeath, Banzato, beaneth, Benat, Benati, beneah, beneat, beneeth, Benetech, benethe, benrath, Blenyth, Bodnath, boneath, breeeath, peneth. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: beaten, ethane.

-2 letters: bathe, eaten, enate, neath, thane, thebe.

-3 letters: abet, ante, baht, bane, bate, bath, bean, beat, been, beet, bene, bent, beta, beth, eath, etna, haen, haet, hant, hate, heat, hebe, hent, nabe, neat, teen, thae, than, thee, then.

-4 letters: ane, ant, ate, bah, ban, bat, bee, ben, bet, eat, eta, eth, hae.

+1 letter: thebaine.

+2 letters: bethanked, hibernate, inbreathe, thebaines.

+3 letters: hebetating, hebetation, hibernated, hibernates, inbreathed, inbreathes.

+4 letters: antechamber, bequeathing, breathiness, heartbroken, hebetations, inheritable, reinhabited, unteachable.

+5 letters: antechambers, featherbrain, halterbroken, merchantable, technobabble, unbreathable.