Definitions for: Beneath


[adv] in or to a place that is lower



Webster (1913) Definition: Be*neath", prep. [OE. benethe, bineo[eth]en, AS.
beneo[eth]an, beny[eth]an; pref. be- + neo[eth]an, ny[eth]an,
downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See Nether.]
1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under;
underneath; hence, at the foot of. ``Beneath the mount.''
--Ex. xxxii. 19.

Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. --Pope.

2. Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that
oppresses or burdens.

Our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.

3. Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are
beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings.
Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.

He will do nothing that is beneath his high station.
--Atterbury.


Be*neath", adv.
1. In a lower place; underneath.

The earth you take from beneath will be barren.
--Mortimer.

2. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or
position; as, in earth beneath.

Synonyms: at a lower place, below, to a lower place

Antonyms: above, higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place

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