Underneath

Definition: Underneath

Underneath

Adverb

1. On he lower or downward side; "a chest of drawers all scratched underneath".

2. Lower down on the page; "diagrams with figures underneath".

3. Beneath by way of support; "a house with a good foundation underneath".

4. Under or below an object or a surface; "we could see the original painting underneath".

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

Date "underneath" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

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.

Crosswords: Underneath

It's not a pretty face, I grant you, but underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character (American in Paris, An; writing credit: Alan Jay Lerner)

I haven't got anything on underneath it. (Casanova's Big Night; writing credit: Aubrey Wisberg; Hal Kanter)

That she was just fluffing your pillows and just happened to slip underneath you (Passions; writing credit: Jean Chapot; Nelly Kaplan)

That's because I've never had anything this responsive underneath me. (L.A. Law; writing credit: Joëlle Goron; Katherine Pancol)

There's a high voltage current running underneath the tower (Final Fantasy VII; writing credit: Kouze Ide; Kazushige Nojima)

I've seen right through and underneath (Underneath It All; performing artist: No Doubt)

Why let your shoulders bend underneath this burden when my back is sturdy and strong (Trouble Me; performing artist: 10,000 Maniacs)

But I know you ain't wearin' nothin' underneath that (Crazy; performing artist: Aerosmith)

I heard somebody call your name from underneath our willow (BRILLIANT DISGUISE; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

She's nothing but porcelain underneath her skin (American Girls; performing artist: Counting Crows)

When God allows a burden to be put upon you, He will put His arms underneath you to help you carry it. (references; author: unknown)

The Other Side of the Underneath (1972)

Underneath the Arches (1937)

Secrets Underneath (2000)

Gilligan's Island: Underneath the Grass Skirt (1999)

Underneath (1995)

Underneath It All (performing artist: No Doubt)

Underneath Your Clothes (performing artist: Shakira)

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

Books

• Accepting the Troll Underneath the Bridge: Overcoming Our Self-Doubts (reference)

• Alias: The Underneath (reference)

• David Wilcox: Underneath (reference)

• God Underneath [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• The Day Underneath the Day (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Underneath (reference)

• Nothing Underneath (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Underneath (reference)

• Underneath Your Umbrella (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

View of the concrete lower culvert that passes underneath Sea View Street. This lower pipe was installed at an invert below the adjacent creek bottoms and has partly filled in with sediment and debris. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Wall cloud - Towering cumulus with rain-free base. A wall cloud, a lowering of the cloud base underneath main storm updraft, forms in this thunderstorm. Tornadoes can form out ot the wall clouds. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Staff Sgt. Todd Kenny helps position an AGM-65 Maverick missile underneath the wing of an A-10 Thunderbolt II during Operation Allied Force. (P.; photo by Senior Airman Stan Parker)..

A head-up display can be a lifesaving tool in difficult flying environments. Students at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School are evaluating raster-capable HUDs that show a television-like image underneath basic HUD symbology. (Courtesy photo).

View through arch of east tower. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, March 1977. (Reproduction Number: HAER WVA,35-WHEEL,35-44) The Wheeling Suspension Bridge has been called "the father of American suspension bridges." Designed in 1849 by Charles Ellett as part of the National Road (later U.S. 40), the bridge spans a distance of 1,010 feet across the Ohio River so as to allow boats to pass underneath it. The bridge has been altered several times by noted engineers including Ellett's partner, William McComas, and William Hildenbrand. It remains the oldest vehicular suspension bridge in the world that is still in use. Credit: Library of Congress.

Don't get underneath! Odd view of "Rockefeller Church" as largest bell is raised up to famous carillon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Carnival employee sleeping in hammock underneath wagon. Lasses-White show. Sikeston, Missouri. Credit: Library of Congress.

The old Kenyon's johnnycake flour mill in Usquepaugh is run by water power. The waterwheel is underneath the mill and by means of these two gears its power is brought into the mill. Credit: Library of Congress.

Japanese cherry blossoms. Truck underneath blooming cherry tree. Credit: Library of Congress.

John Bray, standing with hands raised underneath a bridge, Amelia, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Here, then, the wretched man whose name he had now to learn, lay underneath the ground

There was something underneath which resembled a letter

When he had written this title and drawn an ornamental line underneath he fell into a daydream and began to draw diagrams on the cover of the book

But underneath, his appetites swelled into pressures until they broke through

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

OHS develops when fragile, abnormal blood vessels grow underneath the retina. (references)

Histo spots have been associated with the growth of the abnormal blood vessels underneath the retina. (references)

In PRK, the top layer of the cornea, called the epithelium, is scraped away to expose the stromal layer underneath. (references)

Business

Underneath the DETR are autonomous departments, dealing with transport, environmental affairs, and local government. (references)

Human Rights

India

Yunus told the court, "My head was put underneath water, and I was assaulted with whips and lathis (canes). (references)

Trade

Israel

If the external layer is transparent the marking should be done underneath that layer, provided it is still clear and legible. (references)

Argentina

This member of the firm is to be identified by the typing of the full name directly underneath the signature, followed by the typing of his title or position in the firm. (references)

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "underneath": blow from underneath ♦ from underneath ♦ from underneath the table ♦ hold underneath ♦ pass underneath ♦ push underneath ♦ put on underneath ♦ put underneath ♦ the ones underneath ♦ tie underneath ♦ underneath it ♦ wash underneath. Additional references.

Ending with "underneath": world-seen-from-just-underneath.

Afrikaans

onderaan (below, downstairs), onder (below, beneath, under), ondertoe (down), benede (below, downstairs), afwaarts (down). (various references)

Albanian

poshtë (below, beneath, down, downstairs, infra, low, under), përfund, nën (below, beneath, infra, under). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في الأسفل, ‏تحت (below, beneath, down, under). (various references)

Bulgarian 

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

Catalan

a baix (below, downstairs). (various references)

Chinese 

在下面 , 下面 (Below, Beneath, under, underside), 下 (below, down, latter, lower, next, second, to decline, to go down, under). (various references)

Czech

vespod (beneath), spodní strana, spodek (bottom, Jack, knave, substructure), pod (below, beneath, under), dospod, dole (below, down, downstairs, under), dolù (down, downward, downwards, under). (various references)

Danish

derunder (below, downstairs). (various references)

Dutch

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

Esperanto

suben (down), sube (below), sub (below, beneath, under), malsupre (below, downstairs). (various references)

Faeroese

undir (below, beneath, under), niðri (below, downstairs). (various references)

Farsi 

پاءینی (Beneath), پاءین (Below, Beneath, Bottom, Low, Nether), زیرین (Beneath, Under, Underside), اززیر (Beneath), درزیر (Below, Beneath, Nether, Under). (various references)

Finnish

alle (below, under), alla (below, beneath, under). (various references)

French

dessous (underside, underthings, underwear, unmentionables), sous (under). (various references)

Frisian

del (down), ûnder (below, beneath, under). (various references)

German

unterhalb (below, beneath, downstream, downstream from, neath, under), unter (among, amongst, below, beneath, between, down below, down under, hypo, Neath, nether, sub, under), unten (at the bottom of, bellow, below, beneath, down, down below, down here, down south, down there, downrightrechts, downstairs, downstream, lowly, under, underfoot). (various references)

Greek 

κάτω από (below, beneath, under), υποκάτω (beneath, under), από κάτω (below, beneath, under). (various references)

Hebrew 

מתחת ל- (below, beneath, under), מטה (bed, below, beneath, bier, couch, down, downward, litter, sleeper, under). (various references)

Hungarian

alul (below, beneath, bottom, downstairs, under, underfoot), alá (below, beneath, infra, to torment, under). (various references)

Indonesian

tatakan (base of a tray, something underneath, underlayer). (various references)

Irish

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

Italian

sotto (among, behind, below, beneath, bottom, down, downstairs, lower, under), giú (below), dabbasso (below). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

下敷き (crushed beneath, desk pad, mat, pinned under, something lying underneath), 下敷 (crushed beneath, desk pad, mat, pinned under, something lying underneath). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

したじき (crushed beneath, desk pad, mat, pinned under, something lying underneath). (various references)

Korean 

밑에. (various references)

Manx

s'inshley (downmost, lowest, rock bottom, undermost), cheu heese, bun (base, basis, bottom, derivation, details, dope, end, explanation, eye of storm, foot, foundation, heart, interpretation, news, origin, original, prime, principle, raw material, root, root cause, sole, source, stem, stool, stump). (various references)

Norwegian

ned (below, down, downstairs). (various references)

Papiamen

den (a, below, beneath, in, inside, into, on, per, under, within), bou di (below, beneath, under), abou di (below, beneath, under), abou (below, down, downstairs, low). (various references)

Pig Latin

erneathunday.(various references)

Polish

pod spodem (below), pod (below, beneath, under), na spodzie (below). (various references)

Portuguese

abaixo (below, beneath, down, downhill, downstairs, downwards, thereunder). (various references)

Romanian

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

Russian 

внизу (adown, at the bottom, at the bottom of, below, downstairs, under), вниз (down, downstairs, downwards). (various references)

Scottish

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

Serbo-Croatian

pod (below, beneath, floor, ground, on, sub, under), odozdo (from under), na donjoj strani, ispod (below, beneath, down below, infra, sub, under), dole (below, down, downstairs, off, under). (various references)

Spanish

debajo de (below, beneath, under), abajo (alow, below, beneath, down, downstairs, under), en el fondo (at bottom, at the far end, below, downstairs, privately, really, ultimately), debajo (below, beneath, under). (various references)

Sranan

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

Swahili

chini (below, downstairs). (various references)

Swedish

under (below, beneath, during, for, in, into, marvel, miracle, over, under, unto, wonder), nedanför (below, beneath, downwards, under), inunder (under). (various references)

Tagalog

sa ilálim (below, beneath, under), sa ibabà (below, downstairs). (various references)

Turkish

altından (under), altında (below, below smb., beneath, down, down below, Neath, sub, under), altına (beneath, down, down below, down there, sub, under), alt (base, bottom, buttom, inferior, infra, infra-, lower, lower part, Nether, sub-, subordinate, under, underside). (various references)

Ukrainian

унизу (alow, below, beneath, down, downstairs, under), секретний (back room, classified, confidential, hole-and-corner, hush hush, private, privy, secret, sensitive, subterraneous, underhand), нижче (below, beneath, hereafter, nethermore), нижній (base, bottom, downmost, downstairs, lower, nethermore, under), нижня частина (downstairs, underside), знизу, під (bakestone, below, on, under), прихований (arcane, blind, bosomed, close, closet, concealed, covert, cryptic, delitescent, furtive, glossy, hideaway, latent, obscure, obumbrate, occulted, privy, secret, stealthy, ulterior, veiled). (various references)

Vietnamese 

phần dưới, mặt dưới (underside), bên dưới. (various references)

Zulu

phansi kwa- (below, beneath, under), phansi (below, downstairs). (various references)

inferam, inferas, inferi, inferior, inferiora, inferiorem, inferiores, inferiori, inferioribus, inferioris, inferis, inferne, inferni, infero, inferorum, inferos, inferus, infra, 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

"Underneath" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: underneat, underneth. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: unearthed.

-2 letters: adherent, denature, neatherd, underate, undereat, unearned, unheated, unrented, unthread, urethane.

-3 letters: daunter, denture, earthed, earthen, haunted, haunter, hearted, hearten, hennaed, natured, retuned, tenured, thunder, unearth, uneaten, unheard, unrated, untread, urethan.

-4 letters: adhere, aether, anteed, anther, ardent, dearth, derate, dhurna, duenna, dunner, earned, endear, endure, ennead, entera, enured, ethane, hanted, harden, hatred, header.

+4 letters: counterchanged.