below
/bɪˈloʊ/ preposition A1- Lower in spatial position than. · The treasure is buried two meters below the surface.· The marmalade is on the shelf below the bread.
- Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc. · The temperature is below zero.· Liverpool are below Manchester City in the Premier League.
- Downstream of. · The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock.
- South of. · Sudan is below Egypt.
- Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath. · Such petty behavior is below me.
- Downstage of.
From the library
On reaching the spacious lobby above, they were shown into a very pretty sitting-room, lately fitted up with greater elegance and lightness than the apartments below; and were informed that it was but just done to give pleasure to Miss Darcy, who had taken a liking to the room, when last at Pemberley.
“Do you tell me,” said the sergeant, “that the wedding ring was below the other?”
In the former were many good paintings: but Elizabeth knew nothing of the art; and from such as had been already visible below, she had willingly turned to look at some drawings of Miss Darcy’s, in crayons, whose subjects were usually more interesting, and also more intelligible.
“I will,” declared the Scarecrow, “for, if you found that you could not jump over the gulf, Dorothy would be killed, or the Tin Woodman badly dented on the rocks below.
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