"nidder" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: nidders [present, singular, third-person], niddering [participle, present], niddered [participle, past], niddered [past]
Etymology: From a dialectal variant of nither, nether. Head templates: {{en-verb}} nidder (third-person singular simple present nidders, present participle niddering, simple past and past participle niddered)
  1. (transitive, Scotland) To keep down or under. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-nidder-en-verb-m90L0zII Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 23 24 28 Disambiguation of Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 18 23 15 2 2 2
  2. (transitive, Scotland) To press hard upon; straiten (applied to bounds). Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-nidder-en-verb-2MlG80YF Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 23 24 28 Disambiguation of Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 18 23 15 2 2 2
  3. (transitive, Scotland) To pinch or starve with cold or hunger; stunt in growth. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-nidder-en-verb-4~9jQkOq Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 23 24 28 Disambiguation of Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 18 23 15 2 2 2
  4. (transitive, Scotland) To harass; grill; plague; annoy. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-nidder-en-verb-rQkELQK1 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 23 24 28 Disambiguation of Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header: 19 19 18 23 15 2 2 2

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nidders",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niddering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niddered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niddered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 23 24 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 19 18 23 15 2 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep down or under."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ],
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Scotland) To keep down or under."
      ],
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        "Scotland",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To press hard upon; straiten (applied to bounds)."
      ],
      "id": "en-nidder-en-verb-2MlG80YF",
      "links": [
        [
          "press",
          "press"
        ],
        [
          "straiten",
          "straiten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Scotland) To press hard upon; straiten (applied to bounds)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "transitive"
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    },
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          "_dis": "19 19 18 23 15 2 2 2",
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          "name": "Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pinch or starve with cold or hunger; stunt in growth."
      ],
      "id": "en-nidder-en-verb-4~9jQkOq",
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        [
          "pinch",
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        [
          "starve",
          "starve"
        ],
        [
          "stunt",
          "stunt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Scotland) To pinch or starve with cold or hunger; stunt in growth."
      ],
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        "Scotland",
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    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
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        {
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        {
          "_dis": "19 19 18 23 15 2 2 2",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        "To harass; grill; plague; annoy."
      ],
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        [
          "grill",
          "grill"
        ],
        [
          "plague",
          "plague"
        ],
        [
          "annoy",
          "annoy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Scotland) To harass; grill; plague; annoy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nidder"
}
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    "English lemmas",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pennsylvania German adjectives",
    "Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Pennsylvania German lemmas",
    "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German",
    "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niddering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niddered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niddered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "English transitive verbs",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep down or under."
      ],
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        [
          "down",
          "down"
        ],
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Scotland) To keep down or under."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "transitive"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To press hard upon; straiten (applied to bounds)."
      ],
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        [
          "press",
          "press"
        ],
        [
          "straiten",
          "straiten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Scotland) To press hard upon; straiten (applied to bounds)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pinch or starve with cold or hunger; stunt in growth."
      ],
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        [
          "pinch",
          "pinch"
        ],
        [
          "starve",
          "starve"
        ],
        [
          "stunt",
          "stunt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Scotland) To pinch or starve with cold or hunger; stunt in growth."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To harass; grill; plague; annoy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "harass",
          "harass"
        ],
        [
          "grill",
          "grill"
        ],
        [
          "plague",
          "plague"
        ],
        [
          "annoy",
          "annoy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, Scotland) To harass; grill; plague; annoy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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