underneath

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   Below; in a place beneath.

   I can't take my sweater off: I amn't wearing anything else on underneath.

2. 2
   adv

   On the underside or lower face.

   No insects exhibit, like them, what may be termed four net-work eyes. It is very easy to perceive them in looking at the animal from above, and then examining it underneath

3. 3
   prep

   Under, below, beneath.

   Underneath the water, all was calm.

4. 4
   prep

   Under the control or power of.

   There was little freedom underneath the Nazi jackboot.

5. 5
   adj

   Under, lower.

   You can have the underneath bunk.

6. 6
   noun

   The bottom of something.

   The underneath of the aircraft was painted blue.

7. 7
   noun

   A background radio sound track played during a specific announcement or program.

   The underneath is music from the latest album by ….

8. 8
   adv

   under or below an object or a surface

Etymology

From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer. Equivalent to under- + neath.