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- Dictionarytether/ˈtɛðə/
verb
- 1. tie (an animal) with a rope or chain so as to restrict its movement: "the horse had been tethered to a post"
- 2. use (a smartphone) in order to connect a computer or other device to the internet: "check if Wi-Fi access is free in the lobby or tether your phone"
noun
- 1. a rope or chain with which an animal is tied to restrict its movement: "regulations banning neck and girth tethers for sows"
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to tie someone or something, especially an animal, to a post or other fixed place, with a rope or chain: Do not tether the goats and do not keep them indoors. A harness would have helped tether him to the boat. More examples.
1. a. : a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement. b. : a line to which someone or something is attached (as for security) A crewman can clip the tether of his harness to the [safety line] and leave it clipped as he makes his way forward and aft. Michael A. Smith. 2.
If you tether an animal or object to something, you attach it there with a rope or chain so that it cannot move very far.
Both a verb and a noun, tether keeps things tied together, or is the tie itself. Remember, when you tether that chair to those balloons, use a strong tether. You don't want to drop from the sky because you tied them together using a cheap piece of rope.
Tether definition: a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.. See examples of TETHER used in a sentence.
to tie someone or something, especially an animal, to a post or other fixed place, with a rope or chain: Do not tether the goats and do not keep them indoors. A harness would have helped tether him to the boat. More examples.
n. 1. a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement. 2. the utmost length to which one can go in action; the utmost extent or limit of ability or resources.
Tether definition: The extent or limit of one's resources, abilities, or endurance.
TETHER definition: to tie an animal to something so that it cannot move away. Learn more.
Definition of tether noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
