Below definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BELOW, prep. [be and low] Under in place; beneath; not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. 1. Inferior in rank, excellence or dignity. 2. Unworthy of; unbefitting. BELOW, adv. In a lower place, with respect to any object; as, the heavens above and the earth below. 1. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens. ...
Under definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary UNDER, prep. 1. Beneath; below; so as to have something over or above. He stood ... not sell the horse under forty pounds. 5. Less than; below. There are parishes in England under forty pounds a year ... of lord North. 15. Not having reached or arrived to; below. He left three sons under age. 16. Represented by; in ... principal words. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of ... subordination or subjugation; "we must keep our disappointment under" 5: below some quantity or limit; "fifty dollars or under" 6: below the horizon; "the sun went under" 7: down below; " ...
Below par definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Par Par, n. [L ... discount nor at a premium. Above par, at a premium. Below par, at a discount. On a par, on a level ... Moby Thesaurus ailing, at a discount, at a reduction, bad, below, below deck, below standard, below the mark, belowstairs, critically ill, down, down below, downstairs, ...
Below stairs definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stair Stair, n. [OE ... singular only. ``I a winding stair found.'' --Chaucer's Dream. Below stairs, in the basement or lower part of a house ... See Upstairs in the Vocabulary. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also below-stairs People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household ... things that are connected with them. ...a glimpse of life below stairs at Buckingham Palace. ADV: n ADV, ADV after v • Below-stairs is also an adjective. ...the below-stairs world ...
below the mark definitions Moby Thesaurus amiss, astray, at a disadvantage, at the nadir, below, below deck, below par, below standard, belowstairs, beside the mark, beside the point, bootlessly, down below, downstairs, far from it, fruitlessly, in the gutter, in ...
Below the salt definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Salt Salt, n ... degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or acid salts. See Phrases below. 7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that ... Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.] Above the salt, Below the salt, phrases which have survived the old custom, in ... which were assigned to the guests of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors, and poor relations. See Saltfoot. His fashion ... him that is beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the salt. --B. Jonson. Acid salt (Chem.) (a) A salt ... under Hartshorn. Salt of lemons. (Chem.) See Salt of sorrel, below. Salt of Saturn (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead ...
To go below definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary 7. To proceed by a ... to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U. S.] To go below (Naut), to go below deck. To go between, to interpose or mediate between; to ... board. To go down. (a) To descend. (b) To go below the horizon; as, the sun has gone down. (c) To ...
below the belt definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1 ... of an illegal low blow in boxing); "her accusations were below the belt" adv 1: in an unfair manner; "they dealt with him unfairly"; "their accusations hit below the belt" [syn: unfairly, below the belt] [ant: clean, fair, fairly] Merriam Webster's phrasal ...
below-the-line promotion definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Below-the-line promotion is the use of promotional methods that ... The advertising campaign will be supported by a PR and below-the-line promotion... N-VAR
... el-Kady. It joins the main stream about a mile below the junction of the Leddan and the Banias. The river ... and flows in a channel from 12 to 20 feet below the plain. After this it flows, "with a swift current ... the Sea of Galilee, at the level of 682 feet below the Mediterranean, the river flows through a long, low plain ... hundred yards, and the river begins its descent into levels below the Mediterranean. The river is here only about 60 ft ... by mountain walls on either side. Four or five miles below, it is joined on the East by the Yarmuk, the ... 4 or 5 miles East of the Jordan. Ten miles below the lake, the river is joined on the West ...
... place; as, the earth from beneath will be barren. 1. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region; as ... 1: in or to a place that is lower [syn: below, at a lower place, to a lower place, beneath] [ant ... Middle English benethe, from Old English beneothan, from be- + neothan below; akin to Old English nithera nether — more at nether Date ... before 12th century 1. in or to a lower position ; below < the mountains and the towns beneath > 2. directly under ; underneath ... century 1. a. in or to a lower position than ; below < beneath the surface > b. directly under < the ground beneath her ... too demeaning for (it was beneath him to reply). 2 below, under. --adv. below, under, underneath. Phrases and idioms: beneath ...
... the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade Merriam Webster's ... or coast guard ranking above a lieutenant junior grade and below a lieutenant commander c. a fire or police department officer ranking below a captain Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a deputy or ... a superior. 2 a an army officer next in rank below captain. b a naval officer next in rank below lieutenant commander. 3 US a police officer next in rank below captain. Phrases and idioms: lieutenant colonel (or commander or ...
... low or inferior quality [ant: superior] 3: written or printed below and to one side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior ... or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character [syn: subscript, inferior ... always felt inferior to his older brother > 4. a. situated below another and especially another similar superior part of an upright ... or ventral position in a quadrupedal body c. (1) situated below another plant part or organ (2) abaxial 5. relating to ... having an orbit within the earth's. 4 Bot. situated below an ovary or calyx. 5 (of figures or letters) written or printed below the line. --n. 1 a person inferior to another, ...