Nesh

/nɛʃ/ · adjective

Meaning

(now UK dialectal) Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding..

Definitions by Sense

1. (now UK dialectal) Soft; tender; sensitive; yielding.
2. (now UK dialectal) Delicate; weak; poor-spirited; susceptible to cold weather, harsh conditions etc.
3. (now UK dialectal) Soft; friable; crumbly.
4. (transitive) To make soft, tender, or weak.
5. (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England) To act timidly.

Example Sentences

haue ye no merueylle sayd the good man therof / for hit semeth wel god loueth yow / for men maye vnderstande a stone is hard of kynde /[…]/ for thou wylt not leue thy synne for no goodnes that god hath sente the / therfor thou arte more than ony stone / and neuer woldest thow be maade neysshe nor by water nor by fyre

And if he keeps the daughter so long at boarding-school, he'll make her as nesh as her mother was.

No, tha'd drop down stiff, as dead as a door-knob, wi' thy nesh sides.

"I wouldn't have locked up Noakes and stolen a car if I'd known you couldn't pick the lock!" "Aye, exactly, you're nesh, so you needed encouragement."

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Word Forms

• nesher
• neshest
• nish
• neshes
• neshing
• neshed

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