nether
To bring or thrust downTo bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
» Between the upper and nether millstone.
Meaning
5 senses(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive)To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.
Examples
3 sentencesBetween the upper and nether millstone.
What do you need to build a nether portal?
ruЧто тебе нужно, чтобы построить портал в ад? — ZegPhig
deWas braucht man zum Bau eines Netherportals? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The nether gate was opened.
Origin
Alteration of earlier nither, from Middle English nitheren, from Old English niþerian (“toAlteration of earlier nither, from Middle English nitheren, from Old English niþerian (“to depress, abase, bring low, humiliate, oppress, accuse, condemn”), from niþer (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”). See above.
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Forms
nethers, nethering, nethered, netheredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle