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adjective
- 1. lower in position: "the ballast is suspended from its nether end"
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1. : situated down or below : lower. Snakes nested in the nether reaches of the cave. 2. : situated or believed to be situated beneath the earth's surface. captured her and carried her off to the nether world to be his wife S. V. McCasland. Synonyms. inferior. lower. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of nether in a Sentence.
adjective [ before noun ] literary or humorous uk / ˈneð.ə r/ us / ˈneð.ɚ / Add to word list. in a lower position: The boiler room is somewhere down in the building's nether regions. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Under & below. below. beneath. lower. neath. subjacent. ultra-low. underfoot. underlying. underneath.
Jun 30, 2024 · nether (third-person singular simple present nethers, present participle nethering, simple past and past participle nethered) ( transitive , UK dialectal , Northern England , Scotland ) To bring or thrust down ; bring or make low ; lower ; abase ; humble .
Definitions of nether. adjective. lower. “gnawed his nether lip” synonyms: bottom. situated at the bottom or lowest position. adjective. located below or beneath something else. “ nether garments” synonyms: under. low. literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension. adjective.
Nether definition: lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal. See examples of NETHER used in a sentence.
adjective. placed or situated below, beneath, or underground. nether regions. a nether lip. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. Old English niothera, nithera, literally: further down, from nither down. Related to Old Irish nitaram, German nieder.
1. lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal: the nether regions. 2. lower or under: his nether lip. [before 900; Middle English nethere, Old English neothera, nithera, derivative of nither down (c. German nieder), literally, further down] neth′er•ward, adj.
Aug 19, 2015 · adjective [ before noun ] literary or humorous us / ˈneð.ɚ / uk / ˈneð.ə r/ Add to word list. in a lower position: The boiler room is somewhere down in the building's nether regions. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Under & below. below. beneath. lower. neath. subjacent. ultra-low. underfoot. underlying. underneath.
Definition of nether adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Dictionary Meanings. Nether Definition. nĕthər. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Adverb. Verb. Filter. adjective. Lying, or thought of as lying, below the earth's surface. The nether regions. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Lower or under. The nether tip of a crescent. Webster's New World.
