(prep.) Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of.
(prep.) Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.
(prep.) 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.
(adv.) In a lower place; underneath.
(adv.) Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath.
Example Sentences:
(1) Dietary factors affect intestinal P450s markedly--iron restriction rapidly decreased intestinal P450 to beneath detectable values; selenium deficiency acted similarly but was less effective; Brussels sprouts increased intestinal AHH activity 9.8-fold, ECOD activity 3.2-fold, and P450 1.9-fold; fried meat and dietary fat significantly increased intestinal EROD activity; a vitamin A-deficient diet increased, and a vitamin A-rich diet decreased intestinal P450 activities; and excess cholesterol in the diet increased intestinal P450 activity.
(2) Mendl's candy colours contrast sharply with the gothic garb of our hero's enemies and the greys of the prison uniforms – as well as scenes showing the hotel later, in the 1960s, its opulence lost beneath a drab communist refurb.
(3) The major mode of failure was ligament disruption in the specimens from young adult humans and avulsion of bone beneath the ligament insertion site in the specimens from older humans.
(4) Milk poured from higher (5-10cm above the cup) will sink beneath the surface.
(5) Under conditions of chemotaxis with activated serum beneath the filter, the neutrophil population oriented at the filter surface with nuclei located away from the stimulus, centrioles and associated radial array of microtubules beneath the nuclei, and microfilament-rich pseudopods penetrating the filter pores.
(6) Mutants resistant to R 61837 (up to 85 times the MIC) were shown to bear some cross-resistance (up to 23 times the MIC) to the new compound, indicating that pirodavir also binds into the hydrophobic pocket beneath the canyon floor of rhinoviruses.
(7) On the point about whether the estate is “viable”: if the alternative is the land beneath it on the open market, for a private developer to pay bubble prices, then nothing is really viable.
(8) Filopodia extending from the processes were found beneath the pia mater.
(9) The catheters were inserted near the intercostal nerves, above and beneath the incision, just before the wound was closed and 0.25% bupivacaine hydrochloride solution was infused periodically through the catheters.
(10) The posterior half of these lesions lie in a subcaudate position and the anterior half, for the most part, lies beneath the central segment of frontal white matter.
(11) In the parotid glands numerous adrenergic and cholinergic axons are found beneath the basement membrane of acini and intercalary ducts in intimate association with the cells.
(12) in the penumbral region and beneath the edges of air and bone inhomogeneities.
(13) Previously a cover-up and reworking of a tattoo beneath, when she was performing across the UK with Girls Aloud in February , you could see the bold work in progress poking above her backless stage costumes.
(14) Twenty-one of 24 adult male and female cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis ibis) collected in Geneva County, Alabama had numerous white cyst-like structures (1,466 microns X 354 microns) found within the loose connective tissues of the skeletal muscles of the inguinal region, beneath the serosa of the proventriculus and in the heart beneath the epicardium (one adult male bird).
(15) Light microscopy examinations demonstrated that the epithelium was not disrupted by this process (and that microvessels are abundant just beneath the epithelium).
(16) Native leaflet surfaces appeared to be smoother with longer and straighter fibres beneath the surface than treated leaflets.
(17) Thin section analysis of capped cells revealed an abundance of microtubules immediately beneath the cap which were arranged approximately perpendicular to the plane of the membrane.
(18) Findley darts round him and slots him beneath the advancing Ricketts.
(19) We have recently shown that urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 are both found extracellularly beneath cultured human skin fibroblasts and HT-1080 sarcoma cells, but in distinct localizations.
(20) As with established cell lines, formation of zeiotic knobs at the isolated Type 1 cell surface appeared closely related to microfilamentous nets located beneath the plasmalemma.
Underneath
Definition:
(adv.) Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil.
(prep.) Under; beneath; below.
Example Sentences:
(1) In clinical situations on donor sites and grafted full-thickness burn wounds, the PEU film indeed prevented fluid accumulation and induced the formation of a "red" coagulum underneath.
(2) Degenerating seminiferous tubules and areas of cellular connective tissue are located underneath or within the tunica albuginea.
(3) I feel like there's a weakness and I feel like I'm doing something right to get underneath his skin.
(4) Underneath the envelope, p17 forms the matrix protein layer, while the capsid of the double cone shaped core is built up of p24.
(5) The small part of the flap that passed underneath the auricular skin or through the auricular cartilage is deepithelialized.
(6) The T-1 nerve root obstructs posterolateral access to the T-1 vertebra, necessitating an inferolateral approach underneath the T-1 nerve root axilla.
(7) Light microscopic and electron microscopic examinations showed that the cysts are lined by flattened to cuboidal epithelial cells which, on their surface, have microvilli of different lengths and underneath a continuous basement membrane.
(8) One described how the young Michael would walk around with a copy of Paris Match underneath his arm, telling people that his goal was to be prime minister.
(9) Paddle on the Riviera Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy A half-hour walk from the tiny railway station at Cap d’Ail in the Alpes-Maritimes, a coastal footpath runs underneath a line of art nouveau and art deco villas and round a headland before Mala Plage comes into view.
(10) I considered it, paced up and down, but thought whatever was underneath might be worse and I would have no money for anything else, so I said I'd keep it.
(11) Ruthenium red-positive anionic sites were distributed in the basal lamina and on thin filaments underneath the basal lamina.
(12) The occlusion of arterioles underneath the site suggests that circulation through the lacunae at this stage is indirect.
(13) So all these things are going through your head as I'm on my belly crawling to get underneath this shutter.
(14) Alongside aid, you do need an investment in local leadership, the systems that sit underneath them, and the capability of the people that run them,” Thompson said.
(15) This is achieved by inserting the outer layer underneath a dorsally displaced, bony lamella of the outer malleolus.
(16) But those who knew him say that underneath he was a softie.
(17) At both times, the ex-ethanol-treated rats showed significantly impaired between-day habituation of exploratory head-dipping at holes that were empty, but normal between-day habituation of head-dipping at the hole with the same object underneath on all 3 days.
(18) I meet Olsen in London, somewhere east of Dingwalls (a venue she's due to play later) and in the neighbourhood of the Observer 's offices.. She's wearing dark clothes and oversized shades, pale‑faced underneath.
(19) Friday night's attack came just hours a after police discovered a booby trap bomb device underneath a car also in west Belfast.
(20) Fellaini has now taken his tracksuit off, fortunately he has a Man Utd strip underneath,” was the message posted on their official Twitter account moments before the Belgian came on for Herrera.