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nether

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Adjective

TANDA HUBUNG

neth=er

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective nether has 3 senses

nether(s = adj.all) Array - lower; "gnawed his nether lip"
nether(s = adj.all) chthonian, chthonic - dwelling beneath the surface of the earth; "nether regions"
nether(s = adj.all) under - located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

nether, a. [OE. nethere, neithere, AS. ni, fr. the adv. ni downward; akin to neo below, beneath, D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also to Skr. ni down. Beneath.].

Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper. [1913 Webster]
"'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires." [1913 Webster]

"This darksome nether world her light
Doth dim with horror and deformity." [1913 Webster]

"All my nether shape thus grew transformed." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

nether, adj. archaic = LOWER(1).

Idiom

nether regions (or world) hell; the underworld.

Derivative

nethermost adj.

Etymology

OE nithera etc. f. Gmc

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ROGET THESAURUS

nether

Lowness
N lowness, debasement, depression, prostration, depression, molehill, lowlands, basement floor, ground floor, rez de chaussee, cellar, hold, bilge, feet, heels, low water, low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide, low, neap, debased, nether, nether most, flat, level with the ground, lying low, crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate, under, beneath, underneath, below, downwards, adown, at the foot of, under foot, under ground, down stairs, below stairs, at a low ebb, below par.