underneath
Below; in a place beneath.
Adverb 2 meanings
Below; in a place beneath.
“I can't take my sweater off: I amn't wearing anything else on underneath.”
On the underside or lower face.
Preposition 2 meanings
Under, below, beneath.
“Underneath the water, all was calm.”
Under the control or power of.
“There was little freedom underneath the Nazi jackboot.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Under, lower.
“You can have the underneath bunk.”
Noun 2 meanings
The bottom of something.
“The underneath of the aircraft was painted blue.”
A background radio sound track played during a specific announcement or program.
Etymology
From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer. Equivalent to under- + neath.
UNDERNEATH at a glance
UNDERNEATH has 10 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (U 1 + N 1 + D 2 + E 1 + R 1 + N 1 + E 1 + A 1 + T 1 + H 4) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,211 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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