Definition of nether
1 : situated down or below : lower Snakes nested in the nether reaches of the cave.
2 : situated or believed to be situated beneath the earth's surface captured her and carried her off to the nether world to be his wife — S. V. McCasland
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Examples of nether in a Sentence
skied the nether slope of the mountain
Recent Examples of nether from the Web
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Because the trend is coming out of the net's far nether regions, even the challenge's name itself is up for debate.
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The noise of this on a concrete floor was deafening — a Morse Code from the nether regions.
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To peruse them is to imagine the smoky air and enthused or barbed repartee at clannish openings, which of course still occur (with less smoke) in nether and outer reaches of the city.
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By Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post His name is Del. Robert G. Marshall, a Republican who represents Prince William County, and the residents of his district keep electing him to keep talking about other people’s nether-regions.
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Origin and Etymology of nether
Middle English, from Old English nithera, from nither down; akin to Old High German nidar down, Sanskrit ni
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: located toward the bottom or more distant part of something
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