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Meaning of UNDERNEATH

Pronunciation:  `undur'neeth

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  under or below an object or a surface; "we could see the original painting underneath"
  2. [adv]  beneath by way of support; "a house with a good foundation underneath"
  3. [adv]  lower down on the page; "diagrams with figures underneath"
  4. [adv]  on he lower or downward side; "a chest of drawers all scratched underneath"
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Un`der*neath"\, adv. [OE. undirnepe. See {Under},
and {Beneath}.]
Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel
underneath the soil.
      Or sullen mole, that runneth underneath. --Milton.

  2. \Un`der*neath"\, prep.
Under; beneath; below.
      Underneath this stone lie As much beauty as could die.
                                               --B. Jonson.
 

 

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