Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Beneath \Be*neath"\, prep. [OE. benethe, bineo[eth]en, AS.
   beneo[eth]an, beny[eth]an; pref. be- + neo[eth]an, ny[eth]an,
   downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See {Nether}.]
   1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under;
      underneath; hence, at the foot of. ``Beneath the mount.''
      --Ex. xxxii. 19.

            Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. --Pope.

   2. Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that
      oppresses or burdens.

            Our country sinks beneath the yoke.   --Shak.

   3. 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.

            He will do nothing that is beneath his high station.
                                                  --Atterbury.

Beneath \Be*neath"\, adv.
   1. In a lower place; underneath.

            The earth you take from beneath will be barren.
                                                  --Mortimer.

   2. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or
      position; as, in earth beneath.

Source : WordNet®

beneath
     adv : in or to a place that is lower [syn: {below}, {at a lower
           place}, {to a lower place}] [ant: {above}]