nether

adjective · adverb · name · verb · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

nethermore

Superlative

nethermost

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

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

more nether

Superlative

most nether

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

name

the nether

1.
(alt of)Alternative letter-case form of the Nether.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

nethers

V_ing/Gerund

nethering

V_ed/pp

netherednither

1.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
2.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
3.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
4.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
5.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

nethersnither

1.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal)(UK dialectal, Scotland) Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
2.
(mining) A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

subsurface subterranean bottom lowerlower bottom, lowerbeneath the Earth's surface subsurface, subterranean

Cùng gốc / liên quan

hard as the nether millstoneHartington Nether QuarterNether AlderleyNether Broughtonnether cheekNether DentonnetherdomNetherexeNether Exenether-hairnether hairNether HeyfordnetherhoodNether KelletNetherlandnetherlands nethermore nethermostnethernessNether Padley

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (lower, under, lowest), from niþer, niþor, from *niþer, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (down), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (in, down). Cognates include neder, nieder, nidder,, and ned down,, and nedre lower, and niður.