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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
below
adv
  1. in or to a place that is lower [syn: below, {at a lower place}, to a lower place, beneath]
    Antonym(s): above, higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place
  2. at a later place; "see below"
    Antonym(s): above, supra
  3. (in writing) see below; "vide infra"
    Synonym(s): below, infra
  4. on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs"
    Synonym(s): downstairs, down the stairs, on a lower floor, below
    Antonym(s): on a higher floor, up the stairs, upstairs
  5. further down; "see under for further discussion"
    Synonym(s): under, below
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Below \Be*low"\, prep. [Pref. be- by + low.]
      1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below
            the moon; below the knee. --Shak.
  
      2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount,
            price, etc.; lower in quality. [bd]One degree below
            kings.[b8] --Addison.
  
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Below \Be*low"\, adv.
      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. --Wheaton.
  
      5. In some part or page following.
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