neath
Americanpreposition
preposition
Etymology
Origin of neath
First recorded in 1780–90; aphetic variant of beneath
Example Sentences
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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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The others can be closed if the bone fragments can be properly set be neath them.
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I see yon waiting, neath the Golden Bamboo, Oh, Sarawaki!
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Like T. S. Eliot's Webster, they always saw the skull be neath the loveliest skin.
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I want to stay out here, be- neath the sky where things feel safer and simpler, where I understand things.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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