Nigh

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near. [Obs.] Wyclif (Matt. iii. 2).

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near. The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. Prior.

2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. "Nigh kinsmen." Knolles. Ye ... are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Eph. ii. 13.

Synonyms: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.

Part of speech: adverb (adv.)

1. In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near. He was sick, nigh unto death. Phil. ii. 27. He drew not nigh unheard; the angel bright, Ere he drew nigh, his radiant visage turned. Milton.

2. Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.

Part of speech: preposition (prep.)

Near to; not remote or distant from. "was not this nigh shore" Shak.