Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Below
below, adv. [ME be, prep. + low, adj.] (webplay: child, the heavens above the earth below, high).
- Lower down; at a lower level; in a lower position relative to another place.
- Entombed; below the ground; in the grave; buried in the earth.
- Closer to the ground; near the surface of the earth.
- Inferior; less in dignity; lower in quality; subordinate to someone.
- On the earth; in mortality.
- Down a slope.
- Underneath; directly beneath; under the structure.
- Within the earth.
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