'neath - The Dictionary

neath or ‘neath (n?th)prep. Beneath.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.neath (ni??) or ‘neathpreparchaic short for beneathCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014be?neath (b??ni?, -?nið) adv. 1. in or to a lower position; below. 2. underneath. prep. 3. below; under: beneath the same roof. 4. farther down than: The drawer beneath the top one. 5. lower down on a slope than: beneath the crest of a hill. 6. less important than; inferior to, as in rank or power: A captain is beneath a major. 7. below the level or dignity of: behavior beneath contempt. [before 900; Middle English benethe, Old English beneothan