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nether

'neðә8 senses · 208 ms
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adj/nɛð.ə//nɛð.ɚ//neð.ə/
  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
adv/nɛð.ə//nɛð.ɚ//neð.ə/
  1. 1

    Down; downward.

  2. 2

    Low; low down.

name/nɛð.ə//nɛð.ɚ//neð.ə/
  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of the Nether.alt-of

verb/nɛð.ə//nɛð.ɚ//neð.ə/
  1. 1

    To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.Northern-EnglandScotlandUK

  2. 2

    To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.Northern-EnglandScotlandUK

  3. 3

    To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.ScotlandUKdialectal

  4. 4

    To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.ScotlandUKdialectal

  5. 5

    To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.ScotlandUKdialectal

noun/nɛð.ə//nɛð.ɚ//neð.ə/
  1. 1

    Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.ScotlandUKdialectal

  2. 2

    A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

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