nigh in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
nigh in Sindhi سنڌي
nigh in English
- nigh⇄adj. 1. near; close.
2. direct.
3. (of one of a team of horses or a vehicle) left; near. - nigh⇄adv. 1. near.
Ex. So nigh is grandeur to our dust (Emerson).
2. nearly; almost.
Ex. The wood is nigh as full of thieves as leaves (Tennyson). - nigh⇄expr. nigh upon (or on or about), all but; close to.
Ex. He was night upon twenty miles from home (Walter S. Landor). - nigh⇄nigh, adverb, adjective, nigher,nighest,ornext,preposition, verb.
- nigh⇄prep. close to; near.
- nigh⇄v.t., v.i. (Archaic.) to draw near (to); approach.