Definition of nether Nether

/nɛˈðɚ/ - [nether] - neth•er

We found 17 definitions of nether from 5 different sources.

What does nether mean?

Adjective nether, netherer, netherest
nether - located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine"
		under
nether - lower; "gnawed his nether lip"
nether - dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions"
		chthonian, chthonic

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nether (Noun)
Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
nether (Noun)
A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.
nether (Verb)
To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
nether (Verb)
To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low ; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
nether (Verb)
To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
nether (Verb)
To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
nether (Verb)
To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.
nether (Adverb)
Down; downward.
nether (Adverb)
Low; low down.
nether (Adjective)
Lower; under.
nether (Adjective)
Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

nether (a.)
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.

nether
neth′ėr, adj. beneath another, lower: infernal.—n. Neth′erlander, an inhabitant of Holland.—adj. Neth′erlandish, Dutch.—n.pl. Neth′erlings, stockings.—adjs. Neth′ermore, lower; Neth′ermost, lowest.—n.pl. Neth′erstocks (Shak.), short stockings or half-hose for the leg, as distinguished from trunk hose for the thigh.—advs. Neth′erward, -s, downward. [A.S. neothera, a comp. adj. due to adv. nither, downward; Ger. nieder, low.]

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nether in sign language