English Explanatory Dictionary

nether

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lower; under.
  2. Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.
adv
  1. Down; downward.
  2. Low; low down.
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of the Nether.
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.
name
  1. A dangerous, hell-like underworld dimension in the game Minecraft, accessed via an obsidian portal, filled with lava, unique mobs, and resources.

Pronunciation

/nɛð.ə/ /nɛð.ɚ/ en-us-nether.ogg /neð.ə/

Word forms

nether nethermore nethermost more nether most nether the nether nethers nethering nethered nither

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, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ned, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish nedre (“lower”), Faroese and Icelandic niður.

Synonyms

bottom lower subsurface subterranean

Derived words

hard as the nether millstone Hartington Nether Quarter Nether Alderley Nether Broughton nether cheek Nether Denton netherdom Netherexe Nether Exe nether-hair nether hair Nether Heyford netherhood Nether Kellet Netherland Netherlands nethermore nethermost netherness Nether Padley Nether Peover Nether Poppleton Nether Providence nether region Nether-Saxon nether-shirt Nether Staveley nether thought Nethertown netherverse Nether Wallop netherward netherwards Nether Whitacre nether world netherworld Nether Wyresdale nethering Nether highway
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