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Below   /bɪlˈoʊ/  /bilˈoʊ/   Listen
adverb
Below  adv.  
1.
In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath. "Lord Marmion waits below."
2.
On the earth, as opposed to the heavens. "The fairest child of Jove below."
3.
In hell, or the regions of the dead. "What business brought him to the realms below."
4.
In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below.
5.
In some part or page following.


preposition
Below  prep.  
1.
Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.
2.
Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. "One degree below kings."
3.
Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath. "They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain,... how below all history the persons and their actions were." "Who thinks no fact below his regard."
Synonyms: Underneath; under; beneath.





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"Below" Quotes from Famous Books



... hand-made lingerie in the shops. When she came back with an itemised report, Barbara had clapped her hands in glee, for she saw the wealth of Croesus looming up ahead. She had soon learned, however, that she must keep far below the city prices if she would tempt the horde of Summer visitors who came, yearly, to the hotel. At times, she thought that Aunt Miriam ...
— Flower of the Dusk • Myrtle Reed
... his day and hour. To-day the chickadees, the robins, bluebirds and song-sparrows sang to me. I dissected the buds of the birch and the oak; in every one of the last is a star. The crow sat above as idle as I below. The river flowed brimful, and I philosophised upon this composite, collective beauty which refuses to be analysed. Nothing is beautiful alone. Nothing but is beautiful in the whole. Learn the history ...
— The Last Harvest • John Burroughs
... Below him he saw Senator Corson, Mrs. Stanton, Silas Daunt, and the banker's son. All were garbed for outdoors and the Senator was inquiring of Mrs. Stanton why Lana was ...
— All-Wool Morrison • Holman Day
... it during the day, and had spread some sacking so that we could lie at our ease, and look straight down into the museum. The skylight was of unfrosted glass, but was so covered with dust that it would be impossible for anyone looking up from below to detect that he was overlooked. We cleared a small piece at each corner, which gave us a complete view of the room beneath us. In the cold white light of the electric lamps everything stood out hard and clear, and I could see ...
— Tales of Terror and Mystery • Arthur Conan Doyle
... It required but little fire to boil our food in these kettles, for their bottoms were made concave, and the fire was applied directly in the centre, and let the remaining brands be ever so small they were all carefully quenched; and having been conveyed below were kept for ...
— American Prisoners of the Revolution • Danske Dandridge


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