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Nether

//nɛð.ə// adj, adv, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lower; under.

    "The disappointed child’s nether lip quivered."

  2. 2
    Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

    "the nether regions"

Adjective
  1. 1
    located below or beneath something else wordnet
  2. 2
    dwelling beneath the surface of the earth wordnet
  3. 3
    lower wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Down; downward.
  2. 2
    Low; low down.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of the Nether. alt-of
  2. 2
    A dangerous, hell-like underworld dimension in the game Minecraft, accessed via an obsidian portal, filled with lava, unique mobs, and resources.
Noun
  1. 1
    Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence. Scotland, UK, dialectal
  2. 2
    A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.
Verb
  1. 1
    To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
  2. 2
    To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
  3. 3
    To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten. Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
  4. 4
    To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble. Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
  5. 5
    To depreciate; disparage; undervalue. Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (“lower, under, lowest”, adjective), from niþer, niþor (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, down”). Cognates include Dutch neder, German nieder, Luxembourgish nidder, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ned, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish nedre (“lower”), Faroese and Icelandic niður.

Etymology 2

From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (“lower, under, lowest”, adjective), from niþer, niþor (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, down”). Cognates include Dutch neder, German nieder, Luxembourgish nidder, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ned, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish nedre (“lower”), Faroese and Icelandic niður.

Etymology 3

From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (“lower, under, lowest”, adjective), from niþer, niþor (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, down”). Cognates include Dutch neder, German nieder, Luxembourgish nidder, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ned, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish nedre (“lower”), Faroese and Icelandic niður.

Etymology 4

Alteration of earlier nither, from Middle English nitheren, from Old English niþerian (“to depress, abase, bring low, humiliate, oppress, accuse, condemn”), from niþer (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”). See above.

Etymology 5

Alteration of earlier nither, from Middle English nitheren, from Old English niþerian (“to depress, abase, bring low, humiliate, oppress, accuse, condemn”), from niþer (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”). See above.

Etymology 6

From nether (“lying beneath”).

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