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nether

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neth·er  (nr)
adj.
Located beneath or below; lower or under: the nether regions of the earth.

[Middle English, from Old English neothera, from neother, down.]

nether [ˈnɛðə]
adj
placed or situated below, beneath, or underground nether regions a nether lip
[Old English niothera, nithera, literally: further down, from nither down. Related to Old Irish nitaram, German nieder]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.nether - lower; "gnawed his nether lip"
bottom - situated at the bottom or lowest position; "the bottom drawer"
2.nether - dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions"
infernal - being of the underworld; "infernal regions"
3.nether - located below or beneath something elsenether - located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine"
low - literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"

nether
adjective lower, bottom, beneath, underground, inferior, basal He was escorted back to the nether regions of Main Street.
Translations
nether [ˈneðəʳ] ADJinferior, más bajo
nether liplabio m inferior
nether regions (= hell) → infierno m (hum) (= buttocks) → trasero m, regiones fpl donde la espalda pierde su casto nombre(hum)
nether
adj (liter)untere(r, s); nether regionsUnterwelt f; (hum inf)untere Regionen pl (hum inf)
nether [ˈnɛðəʳ] adj (old) the nether regions or worldgli inferi


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A youngish man with flaxen hair, a bristly straw-coloured moustache, and a dropping nether lip, was sitting and holding my wrist.
No sound Of bird now flutters from the hushed hillside; All, all is still, save for the wind that wails And whistles through the long night where the ghosts Hither and thither in the gloom go by, And spirits from the nether world arise Under the ominous clouds.
The old gentleman lifted his shaggy eyebrows, protruded his thick nether lip, and tapped the arms of his chair with his cushioned fingertips.
 
 
 
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