neath
Americanpreposition
preposition
Etymology
Origin of neath
First recorded in 1780–90; aphetic variant of beneath
Example Sentences
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The others can be closed if the bone fragments can be properly set be neath them.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Be neath the ping of a pizzicato the big-bellied strings�three violas, three cellos and a bass�growl like well-tuned sports cars.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Like T. S. Eliot's Webster, they always saw the skull be neath the loveliest skin.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Rosie was old, fat, bobbed-haired, but just the same under- neath.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Under neath, the pebbles feel smooth and bumpy at once.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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