Definitions for beneath

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beneath be·neath

Spelling: [bih-neeth, -neeth ]

IPA: /bɪˈniθ, -ˈnið/

Beneath is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in beneath (abeehnt).

Definitions for beneath

adverb

1. below; in or to a lower place, position, state, or the like.
2. underneath:

preposition

1. below; under:
2. farther down than; underneath; lower in place than:
3. lower down on a slope than:
4. inferior or less important, as in position, rank, or power:
5. unworthy of; below the level or dignity of:

Origin of beneath

before 900; Middle English benethe, Old English beneothan, equivalent to be- be- + neothan below, akin to Old High German nidana. See nether

Examples for beneath

He may look Top Gun, with his flight suit and aviator shades, but beneath the façade lays a man torn to pieces.

beneath the car of this Juggernaut we must flout our judgments and crush our affections.

This beach in Massachusetts closed at 7:30 PM, and beneath the beach prohibitions was another sign reading, “No Dunes.”

beneath were the illustrious dead; around were the illustrious living.

So far as he could determine, she: had not even sunk once beneath the surface.

Just beneath where she sat two men were having a most energetic duel of words.

But beneath all the shiny esteem, the 25-year-old Wright led a seedy double life.

He crumpled the poster and inserted it beneath the lid of his iron stove.

His face was partially obscured by a bandana and a baseball cap, from beneath which his long ponytail hung limply.

But beneath the surface, Democrats are doing OK—and Tea Party governors may pay the price for failing to moderate.