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NETHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nether mean?
• NETHER (adjective)
The adjective NETHER has 3 senses:
1. lower
2. dwelling beneath the surface of the earth
3. located below or beneath something else
Familiarity information: NETHER used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lower
Context example:
gnawed his nether lip
Similar:
bottom (situated at the bottom or lowest position)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dwelling beneath the surface of the earth
Synonyms:
Context example:
nether regions
Similar:
infernal (being of the underworld)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Located below or beneath something else
Synonyms:
nether; under
Context example:
the under parts of a machine
Similar:
low (literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension)
Context examples
Now, attention, friend, and let your ears work as well as your nether jaw.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her eyes wandered restlessly over the distant prospect, and she bit her nether lip to stop that busy mouth.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Therefore, I, on my part, give up here the certainty of eternal rest, and go out into the dark where may be the blackest things that the world or the nether world holds!
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
But, Edricson, do I not see a cavalier who rides down yonder road amongst the nether shaw?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Henceforth our work is to be a sealed book to her, till at least such time as we can tell her that all is finished, and the earth free from a monster of the nether world.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
As she looked full at me, I saw her face grow sharper and paler, and the marks of the old wound lengthen out until it cut through the disfigured lip, and deep into the nether lip, and slanted down the face.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The path over yonder, betwixt the oak and the thorn, should bring you out into his nether field.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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