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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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TETHERED definition: 1. tied to a post or fixed to the ground with a rope or chain: 2. using a mobile phone as a…. Learn more.
noun. teth· er ˈte-t͟hər. Synonyms of tether. 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.
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.
A tether is a rope or chain which is used to tie an animal to a post or fence so that it can only move around within a small area. Synonyms: leash, rope, lead, bond More Synonyms of tether. 3. verb. 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.
Tethered definition: fastened or confined with or as if with a rope, chain, or the like to limit the range of movement. See examples of TETHERED used in a sentence.
n. 1. a. A rope, chain, strap, or cord for keeping an animal within a certain radius. b. A similar ropelike restraint used as a safety measure, as for a young child or an astronaut outside a spacecraft. c. A rope, chain, cable, or other line for restraining or securing an object: a blimp attached to the ground by tethers. 2.
Tethered describes something that's tied up, like a horse that's tethered to a fence or a dog that's tethered to the person who is walking it. Whenever you confine a person or an animal to keep them in one place, they're tethered.
noun. a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement. the utmost length to which one can go in action; the utmost extent or limit of ability or resources. verb (used with object) to fasten or confine with or as if with a tether.
The ball is tethered to a pole by a tether. Tether usually refers to a rope or a chain, but it can also refer to an invisible bond or link. For example, the Internet can serve as a tether that links you to your pen pal in Germany.
Tethered definition: (computing, electronics) Connected (especially a mobile phone to a computer, for use as a wireless modem).
