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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Beneath

/bĭn-ēth'/ · Be·neath · IPA /bɪˈniːθ/
01 prep. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of.
  1. 1.
    Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of.
    “Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies.” — Pope.
  2. 2.
    Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.
    “Our country sinks beneath the yoke.” — Shak.
  3. 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.
02 adv. In a lower place; underneath.
  1. 1.
    In a lower place; underneath.
    “The earth you take from beneath will be barren.” — Mortimer.
  2. 2.
    Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath.