3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beneath \Be*neath"\, prep. [OE. benethe, bineo[eth]en, AS.
beneo[eth]an, beny[eth]an; pref. be- + neo[eth]an, ny[eth]an,
downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See {Nether}.]
1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under;
underneath; hence, at the foot of. ``Beneath the mount.''
--Ex. xxxii. 19.
Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. --Pope.
2. Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that
oppresses or burdens.
Our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
3. Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are
beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings.
Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.
He will do nothing that is beneath his high station.
--Atterbury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beneath \Be*neath"\, adv.
1. In a lower place; underneath.
The earth you take from beneath will be barren.
--Mortimer.
2. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or
position; as, in earth beneath.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
beneath
adv : in or to a place that is lower [syn: {below}, {at a lower
place}, {to a lower place}] [ant: {above}]