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The correct spelling is nether.

How to pronounce nether

/nɛð.ə/
adjective

IPA: /nɛð.ə/

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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. 1.Lower; under.
  2. 2.Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

adverb

  1. 1.Down; downward.
  2. 2.Low; low down.

noun

  1. 1.Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
  2. 2.A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

verb

  1. 1.To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
  2. 2.To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
  3. 3.To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
  4. 4.To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
  5. 5.To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.

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