(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.
