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underearth

underearth adjective: beneath the earth; underground.

Adjective

underearth (not comparable)

  1. Beneath the earth; underground.
    • The sleep-healing takes place, shortly before the end of the poem, in the "Cave of Quietude," an underearth cavern that is environed by "hell."1954, Keats-Shelley Journal, volumes 3-4, page 8
    • The dragon from under-earth,
      the nightmarish destroyer, lay destroyed as well,
      utterly without life.1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 89

Origin of underearth

From under- + earth.

Questions about underearth

What does underearth mean?
Underearth means beneath the earth; underground.
What part of speech is underearth?
Underearth is an adjective.

Words near underearth in the dictionary

  1. underearn
  2. underearned
  3. underearner
  4. underearners
  5. underearning
  6. underearth
  7. undereat
  8. undereaten
  9. undereater
  10. undereaters
  11. undereating

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