underneath

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   Directly below or under something.

   The cat was hiding underneath the table.

2. 2
   adv

   In or to a position below; on the lower side.

   She wore a thin shirt with nothing underneath.

3. 3
   noun

   The bottom or lower surface of something.

   The underneath of the aircraft was painted blue.

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

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