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nether

Pronunciation: /nɛð.ə/

The English word “nether” has 11 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Lower; under.
  2. Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

adverb

  1. Down; downward.
  2. Low; low down.

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.

noun

  1. Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
  2. A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

Etymology

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,…

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