nether, under
(adjective) located below or beneath something else; “nether garments”; “the under parts of a machine”
chthonian, chthonic, nether
(adjective) dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; “nether regions”
nether
(adjective) lower; “gnawed his nether lip”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nether (comparative nethermore, superlative nethermost)
Lower; under.
Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.
• (lower): bottom, lower
• (beneath the Earth's surface): subsurface, subterranean
nether (comparative more nether, superlative most nether)
Down; downward.
Low; low down.
nether (third-person singular simple present nethers, present participle nethering, simple past and past participle nethered)
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.
nether (plural nethers)
(UK dialectal, Scotland) Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
(mining) A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.
• ethren, threne
Source: Wiktionary
Neth"er, a. Etym: [OE. nethere, neithere, AS. ni, fr. the adv. ni downward; akin to neo below, beneath, D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also to Skr. ni down. sq. root201. Cf. Beneath.]
Definition: Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under;
– opposed to upper. 'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. Milton. This darksome nether world her light Doth dim with horror and deformity. Spenser. All my nether shape thus grew transformed. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
