Entry 8 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Below

/bĭl-ō'/ · Be·low · IPA /bɪˈloʊ/

01 prep. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.

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.
3.
Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.
“They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, . . . how below all history the persons and their actions were.” — Milton.

“Who thinks no fact below his regard.” — Hallam.

Syn. Underneath; under; beneath.

02 adv. In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath.

1.
In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath.
“Lord Marmion waits below.” — Sir W. Scott.
2.
On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.
“The fairest child of Jove below.” — Prior.
3.
In hell, or the regions of the dead.
“What business brought him to the realms below.” — Dryden.
4.
In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below.
5.
In some part or page following.