Usually means: Region located beneath the earth.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word nether:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. nether: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nether: Merriam-Webster
  3. nether: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nether: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nether: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nether: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nether, nether: Wordnik
  8. nether: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. nether, nether-: Wiktionary
  10. nether: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nether: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nether: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Nether, nether: Dictionary.com
  14. nether: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Nether (video game), Nether, The Nether: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Nether: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. nether: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. nether: Rhymezone
  19. Nether: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. nether: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. nether: FreeDictionary.org
  22. nether: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. nether: TheFreeDictionary.com

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. NETHER: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nether: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. nether: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Lower; under.
adjective:  Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.
adverb:  Down; downward.
adverb:  Low; low down.
verb:  (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
verb:  (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
verb:  (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
verb:  (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
verb:  (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.
noun:  (UK dialectal, Scotland) Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
noun:  (mining) A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

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