Associations to the word «Nether»

NETHER, adjective. Lower; under.

NETHER, adjective. Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

NETHER, adverb. Down; downward.

NETHER, adverb. Low; low down.

NETHER, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.

NETHER, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.

NETHER, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) (Scotland) To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.

NETHER, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) (Scotland) To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.

NETHER, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) (Scotland) To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.

NETHER, noun. (UK dialectal) (Scotland) Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.

NETHER, noun. (mining) A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

NETHER CHEEK, noun. (often pluralized) (euphemistic) (sometimes humorous) The buttocks.

NETHER HAIR, noun. Alternative form of netherhair

NETHER REGION, noun. (often pluralized) Hell; a realm beneath the surface of the earth conceived as the abode of the souls of the dead and, sometimes, as the abode of demons or evil spirits.

NETHER REGION, noun. (often pluralized) (by extension) A place which is subterranean or enclosed beneath a surface, especially one which is dark, dank, or otherwise inhospitable.

NETHER REGION, noun. (often pluralized) (euphemistic) (sometimes humorous) The groin or buttocks.

NETHER REGIONS, noun. Plural of nether region

NETHER THOUGHT, noun. Alternative form of netherthought

NETHER THOUGHTS, noun. Plural of nether thought

NETHER WORLD, noun. Alternative spelling of netherworld

NETHER WORLDS, noun. Plural of nether world (alternative spelling of netherworlds).

NETHER, adjective. Lower; "gnawed his nether lip".

NETHER, adjective. Dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions".

NETHER, adjective. Located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine".