underneath
below the surface or level of; directly or vertically beneath; at or on the bottom of.
under the control of; in a lower position in a hierarchy of authority: Underneath the department heads are the junior executives.
hidden, disguised, or misrepresented, as by a false appearance or pretense: Underneath his bluster is a timid nature.
below; at a lower level or position; on the underside.
lower; situated below or under.
the bottom; underside; lowest part.
Origin of underneath
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How to use underneath in a sentence
This warning system will also need to communicate hurricanes' increasing intensity, related to the temperature underneath the storm.
Slow, meandering hurricanes are often more dangerous—and they’re getting more common | Greta Moran | September 9, 2020 | Popular-SciencePhysicist Emmanuel Fort and colleagues observed this effect by injecting a layer of gas underneath either silicone oil or glycerol and shaking the container.
Toy boats float upside down underneath a layer of levitated liquid | Maria Temming | September 2, 2020 | Science NewsIt would tunnel underneath the Volcan Mountains, Mesa Grande Reservation and Cleveland National Forest, along the northern border of San Pasqual Reservation, eventually terminating at the Twin Oaks Valley Water Treatment Plant.
The Water Authority Is Resurrecting Its Pipe Dream – Again | MacKenzie Elmer | September 1, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoHe studies how areas with permafrost underneath them have been changing.
Busy beavers may be speeding thaw of Arctic permafrost | Kathiann Kowalski | August 31, 2020 | Science News For Students“If you clear out a whole bunch of space around the lines, grasses and non-native species that are much more fire-prone can grow underneath, which increases your fire risk,” Skinner said.
Watchdog Warns: SDG&E’s Tree-Trimming Plan Could Worsen Wildfires | MacKenzie Elmer | August 24, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
None of us were interested in making a film about a speech, a statue, or all that good stuff; it was about getting underneath it.
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History | Marlow Stern | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRed letters scrawled underneath seem to be Ramone thinking aloud: “I wonder but I think so.”
‘All Good Cretins Go to Heaven’: Dee Dee Ramone’s Twisted Punk Paintings | Melissa Leon | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe took his hand off the car and put it back underneath his shirt.
The Stacks: A Chicken Dinner That Mends Your Heart | Pete Dexter | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTunderneath my chronic prickliness and assholishness I am always, always thankful.
From Socially Isolated Nerd to Jeopardy! Bad Boy: A Thank You Note | Arthur Chu | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd underneath my chronic prickliness and assholishness I am always, always thankful.
From Socially Isolated Nerd to Jeopardy! Bad Boy: A Thank You Note | Arthur Chu | November 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf late, however, it has acquired a far greater interest through the discovery of coal underneath its surface.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellBedded in the soft earth underneath lay the slim buckskin sacks.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclairunderneath these were affectionate hearts quaking with fear lest the home-coming be but a sad one after all.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonThe only difference was that it rested on a framework attached to a single wheel directly underneath.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeLet dry, apply a cover-glass, and run glacial acetic acid underneath it.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
British Dictionary definitions for underneath
/ (ˌʌndəˈniːθ) /
under; beneath
lower
a lower part, surface, etc
Origin of underneath
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