underneath Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb on the lower or downward side; on the underside of
    • a chest of drawers all scratched underneath
  2. adverb under or below an object or a surface; at a lower place or level; directly beneath
    • we could see the original painting underneath
    • a house with a good foundation underneath

WordNet

Un`der*neath" adverb
Etymology
OE. undirnepe. See Under, and Beneath.
Definitions
  1. Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil.
    Or sullen mole, that runneth underneath. Milton.
Un`der*neath" preposition
Definitions
  1. Under; beneath; below.
    Underneath this stone lie As much beauty as could die. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913