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underneath

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌʌndərˈniːθ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌʌndɚˈniθ, -ˈnið/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(un′dər nēth, -nēᵺ)


Collocations for "underneath"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "underneath" in context.

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underneath

Most examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
prep
  1. underneath the [sea, water, soil, ground]
  2. [drilling, extraction, exploration] underneath the [sea]
  3. [just, slightly, two feet] underneath the [surface]
  4. is [100 feet] underneath [us, the building]
  5. was [found, pulled from] underneath the rubble
  6. was right underneath [the shelf, the stairs, my feet]!
  7. a sound [came, could be heard] from underneath the [bridge, car]
  8. sitting underneath [the tree, a parasol, a sun shade, his umbrella]
  9. hid underneath [the table, a truck]
  10. [came out, emerged] from underneath the [bed, floorboards]
  11. vanished from underneath [her, my feet]
  12. [pulled, yanked] the rug (out) from underneath his feet
  13. wearing it underneath my [dress, jacket, coat]
  14. underneath the [lid, rim]
  15. works underneath the [boss, manager, president]
  16. [kindness, compliments, encouragement] underneath her expression
  17. hidden [treasures, qualities, abilities] underneath his (appearance)
  18. underneath his serious face is a kind heart
n
  1. the underneath of the [table, chair, drawer]
  2. checked the underneath for [marks, clues, gum]
  3. caused damage to the underneath of (the car)
  4. has a [smooth, rough, jagged] underneath
  5. a [wart, blister] on the underneath of his foot
  6. [stroked, touched] the underneath of her chin
adv
  1. can be [stored, kept] underneath (the bed)
  2. felt something [stirring, moving, shaking] underneath
'underneath' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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Faint sunlight glowed underneath and around their edges. - English Only forum
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get my fingers underneath the skin - English Only forum
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He has thirty men working <under><below><underneath><beneath> him. - English Only forum
Her feet tucked kittenishly underneath her - English Only forum
I feel you crawling underneath my skin - English Only forum
I felt your chest underneath your shirt, retraced the swing of your collarbones - English Only forum
I would look for any eaves and stand underneath that until the rain stopped. - English Only forum
If the foundation of the structure was pulled out from underneath - English Only forum
In and out of the trenches, stinking seaweed, clammy, is it underneath? - English Only forum
It's not important who I am underneath - English Only forum
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like a boy on a horizontal bar with a mattress just underneath - English Only forum
lose the shirt underneath - English Only forum
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