nether
/nɛð.ə//nɛð.ɚ/
adjective
- 1
Lower; under.
“The disappointed child’s nether lip quivered.”
- 2
Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.
“the nether regions”
adverb
- 1
Down; downward.
- 2
Low; low down.
noun
- 1
Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
- 2
A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.
verb
- 1
To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
- 2
To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
- 3
To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
- 4
To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
- 5
To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.
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