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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



... creatures had been always accustomed to claim a toll in the shape of a cow, calf, or nigger. Two of Abou Saood's sailors were carried off on two consecutive days. One of my soldiers, while engaged with many others in water, only hip deep, was seized by a crocodile. The man, being held by the leg below the knee, made a good fight, and thrust his fingers into the creature's eyes; his comrades at the same time assisted and rescued him from absolute destruction; but the leg-bone was so mashed and splintered in many places that he was ...
— Ismailia • Samuel W. Baker
... hurled a spear at Achilles with his strong hand. And it smote him below the knee, and the tin-wrought greave rang loudly; but the stout spear bounded off, for it could not ...
— The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) • Various
... Hazlett and his crew was drowned at the 'Wild Goose.' It seems the coroner was already there a settin' on a corp' that had come up in the eddy. 'Go on through, boys!' he hollers to 'em, 'I'll wait for you down below. It'll save me another ...
— The Man from the Bitter Roots • Caroline Lockhart
... herself, and the dog beside her sprang up and barked. The sun was just dropping below a bank of fiery cloud, and a dazzling and garish light lay on the red undulations of the heath. As she stood up she suddenly perceived the figure of a man about a hundred yards off emerging from a gully—a sportsman ...
— The Case of Richard Meynell • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... only, one led to the left and somewhat southerly, and the other to the right. "Pshaw!" muttered Sandy, and he paused and rubbed his head for an idea. "That left-hand road must strike off to some ford lower down on the Fork than I have ever been. But I never heard of any ford below ours." ...
— The Boy Settlers - A Story of Early Times in Kansas • Noah Brooks


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