Definition
• | Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. |
• | Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens. |
• | 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. |
• | In a lower place; underneath. |
• | Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath. |