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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adv. In a lower place; below.
  2. adv. Underneath.
  3. prep. Lower than; below: a drawer beneath a cabinet.
  4. prep. To or into a lower position than: moved the picture beneath the light.
  5. prep. Covered or concealed by: The earth lay beneath a blanket of snow.
  6. prep. Under the force, control, or influence of.
  7. prep. Lower than, as in rank or station.
  8. prep. Unworthy of; unbefitting: It was beneath me to beg.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In a lower place, position, or state, literally or figuratively.
  2. Below, as opposed to on high, or in heaven or other superior region.
  3. Below; under: with reference to what is overhead or towers aloft: as, beneath the same roof.
  4. Underneath, whether in immediate contact with the under side of, or further down than; lower in place than: as, to place a cushion beneath one; beneath one's feet; beneath the surface: sometimes with verbs of motion: as, he sank beneath the wave.
  5. Under the weight or pressure of; under the action or influence of: as, to sink beneath a burden.
  6. Lower than, in rank, dignity, degree, or excellence; below: as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath the angels.
  7. Unworthy of; unbecoming; not equal to; below the level of: as, beneath contempt.
  8. Synonyms Under, etc. See below.
  9. Lower.

Wiktionary

  1. adv. below or underneath
  2. prep. below
  3. prep. to a lower position
  4. prep. covered up or concealed by something

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. prep. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of.
  2. prep. Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.
  3. prep. Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.
  4. adv. In a lower place; underneath.
  5. adv. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. in or to a place that is lower

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English benethe, from Old English beneoþan ("beneath, under, below"), from Proto-Germanic *bī-niþana (“below”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, under”). Cognate with Low German benedden ("beneath"), Dutch beneden ("beneath, under, down"), German benieden ("below"). Compare also Danish neden ("below"), Swedish and Icelandic nedan ("below, under"). See also nether. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English binethe, from Old English beneothan : be, by; see by1 + neothan, below. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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