beneath
/bɪˈniːθ/ preposition B1- Below. · 1718, Alexander Pope, epitaph to Nicholas Rowe Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies.
- In a position that is lower in rank, dignity, etc. · Their despicable behaviour is beneath contempt.
- Covered up or concealed by something.
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It was a foggy, cloudy morning, and a dun-coloured veil hung over the house-tops, looking like the reflection of the mud-coloured streets beneath.
A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls, but it was blotched in places with mildew, and here and there great strips had become detached and hung down, exposing the yellow plaster beneath.
One more practiced in the arts of great cities would have hid her blushes beneath a veil, or, at least, have cast down her thickly fringed lashes, so as to have concealed the liquid lustre of her animated eyes; but, on the contrary, the delighted girl looked around her with a smile that seemed to say: “If you are my friends, rejoice with me, for I am very happy.”
“By the governor’s orders,” said he, “conduct the prisoner to the tier beneath.”
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