different between below vs groan

English

Etymology

From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- +? low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, alo?, alowe (“below”) and benethen (“beneath”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b??lo?/
• Hyphenation: be?low
• Rhymes: -??

Preposition

below

1. Lower in spatial position than.

2. (law) Within the writing of a given document which follows a particular appearance of the word "below".

   "By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below."

3. Lower in value, price, rank or concentration than.

   • one degree below kings

4. Downstream of.
5. South of.
6. Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
   • 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England

     who thinks no fact below his regard

7. (stage directions) Downstage of.
   • 1952, Frederick Knott, Dial "M" for Murder, 1954 Dramatists Play Service acting edition, act 1, scene 1:

     Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.

Synonyms

• (lower in spatial position than): beneath, under, underneath
• (lower in value than): under
• (downstream of): downstream
• (unsuitable to the rank or dignity of): beneath

Antonyms

• (lower in spatial position than): above, over
• (lower in value than): over
• (downstream of): upstream

Derived terms

• below the belt

Translations

Adverb

below (not comparable)

1. In a lower place.
2. On a lower storey.
3. Further down.
4. (nautical) On a lower deck.

5. (of a temperature) Below zero.

Synonyms

• (in a lower place): beneath, under, underneath
• (on a lower storey): downstairs
• (farther down): downwards

Antonyms

• (in a lower place): aloft, overhead, up
• (on a lower storey): upstairs
• (farther down): upwards

Translations

Derived terms

Pages starting with “below”.

• below average
• below decks/belowdecks
• belowground
• below par
• below the belt
• below the fold

References

• Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "The vertical axis", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

Anagrams

• Blowe, Lebow, blowe, bowel, bowle, elbow

English

Etymology

From Middle English gronen, from Old English gr?nian (“to groan; lament; murmur”), from Proto-West Germanic *gr?nan, from Proto-Germanic *grain?n? (“to howl; weep”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?nan? (“to whine; howl; whimper”).

Cognate with Dutch grijnen, grienen (“to cry; sob; blubber”), German Low German grienen (“to whimper; mewl”), German greinen (“to whine; whimper”), Swedish grina (“to howl; weep; laugh”).

The noun is from Middle English gron, grone, from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????n/
• (General American) enPR: ?gr?n, IPA^(key): /??o?n/
• Homophone: grown
• Rhymes: -??n

Noun

groan (plural groans)

1. A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
2. A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy.
3. Of an object: a low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight.

Alternative forms

• groane (obsolete)

Translations

Verb

groan (third-person singular simple present groans, present participle groaning, simple past and past participle groaned)

1. To make a groan.
2. (obsolete) To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.

   • Nothing but holy, pure, and clear, / Or that which groaneth to be so.

Alternative forms

• groane (obsolete)

Translations

Anagrams

• Angor, Garon, Goran, Grano, Ongar, Ragon, Rogan, Ronga, angor, argon, nagor, orang, organ, rag on, rango