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Rarenether
The correct spelling is nether.
How to pronounce nether
/nɛð.ə/
adjectiveIPA: /nɛð.ə/
Say it like: Net-her
The correct spelling is nether. Lower; under. For example: "The disappointed child’s nether lip quivered."
Usage Examples
“The disappointed child’s nether lip quivered.”
“the nether regions”
Meanings
adjective
- 1.Lower; under.
- 2.Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.
adverb
- 1.Down; downward.
- 2.Low; low down.
noun
- 1.Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
- 2.A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.
verb
- 1.To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
- 2.To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
- 3.To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
- 4.To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
- 5.To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.
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