UNDERNEATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does underneath mean? 

• UNDERNEATH (adverb)
  The adverb UNDERNEATH has 2 senses:

1. on the lower or downward side; on the underside of

2. under or below an object or a surface; at a lower place or level; directly beneath

  Familiarity information: UNDERNEATH used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERNEATH (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

On the lower or downward side; on the underside of

Context example:

a chest of drawers all scratched underneath

Sense 2

Meaning:

Under or below an object or a surface; at a lower place or level; directly beneath

Context example:

a house with a good foundation underneath

 Context examples 

“Lay your good arm underneath my neck,” she said, “and turn me to you, for your face is going far off, and I want it to be near.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The tail, which is about 99 million years old, appears to be brown on the top and white underneath.

(Dinosaur Tail Found in Myanmar, VOA News)

A non-metastasizing tumor located underneath the adrenal capsule.

(Benign Subcapsular Adrenal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

This research provides valuable information on both the dynamics of Jupiter's atmosphere and its structure in the regions underneath the waves.

(NASA's Juno Mission Detects Jupiter Wave Trains, NASA)

Examination by pressing on the surface of the body to feel the organs or tissues underneath.

(Palpation, NCI Dictionary)

Underneath there was an old boat-cloak, whitened with sea-salt on many a harbour-bar.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

A small area of skin and the surface of the bone underneath are numbed with an anesthetic.

(Bone marrow aspiration, NCI Dictionary)

He twisted his arm, rolled the biceps over with his other hand, and gazed underneath where he was least touched by the sun.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The great breast and heavy fore legs were no more than in proportion with the rest of the body, where the muscles showed in tight rolls underneath the skin.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Back and shoulders were a warm brown that paled on the sides and underneath to a yellow that was dingy because of the brown that lingered in it.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)