
1.1 Underneath so as to be hidden, covered, or protected. ‘Woodlands are also an important source of arable soils that lie beneath the tree cover.’. ‘Rather, odds are that there were no tunnels beneath the preschool and that what was found was an old trash pit, nothing more.’.
‘Hurrying down from the wall, he made his way through the ranks of defenders to the catacombs the lay beneath the fortress.’. ‘Our data consistently indicate that the magmas accumulated and ponded at shallow levels beneath the volcano.’. ‘An office tower, the highest part of the house, yields views of the lower levels stretching out beneath it.’. ‘If magma were to accumulate at mid-crustal levels beneath the north Taupo region, this has significant implications for hazard monitoring.’. ‘High moisture levels beneath a flooring installation can lead to cupping, bulging, or swelling of many flooring materials.’. ‘This was entered by clambering into the dark beneath the slabbed floor of the modern church, torchlight striking the features of the long-neglected chapel.’. ‘He heard a small rustling as the earth shifted directly beneath him.’. ‘I have always thought that these were earth generated lights as a fault line runs directly beneath these light formations.’. ‘I walked directly beneath the waterfall and placed my hands against the stone, letting the water beat at my aching muscles.’.
‘But I can drill down into non-contiguous deposits next to his and they become my property even if they extend beneath his land.’.‘In the Beysehir region, kilometre-sized blocks of fusulinid-bearing Permian limestone occur directly beneath the ophiolite.’.‘High contact pressures cause the feet to penetrate through the loose material and actually compact the soil directly beneath the foot tip.’.‘Apparently the juiciest grass of all was directly beneath our bedroom window.’.‘Directly beneath your feet the subway thunders and its vibration travels through your body.’.
‘It was all chaos and smoke after a car or truck bomb exploded directly beneath the window where I had once slept.’.‘The round house was found directly beneath the low-lying site during survey work for the showroom which will sell Harley Davidson motorbikes.’.‘The quake, which registered 8.9 on the Richter scale, was eerily localized directly beneath Fenway Park, the home of the Red Sox.’.‘There's really nothing out there to refer to on flying birds, save one photo he took from directly beneath a bird leaving its nest cavity.’.