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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.
The meaning of TETHER is a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement. How to use tether in a sentence.
A tether is a cord, fixture, or flexible attachment that characteristically anchors something movable to something fixed; it also may be used to connect two movable objects, such as an item being towed by its tow.
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.
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.
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.
n. 1. a restricting rope, chain, etc, by which an animal is tied to a particular spot. 2. the range of one's endurance, etc. 3. at the end of one's tether distressed or exasperated to the limit of one's endurance. vb. (tr) to tie or limit with or as if with a tether.
Sep 30, 2024 · tether (third-person singular simple present tethers, present participle tethering, simple past and past participle tethered) (transitive) To restrict with, or as if, with a tether. The cowboy tethered his horse outside the saloon. (transitive) To connect to something else.
TETHER definition: to tie an animal to something so that it cannot move away. Learn more.
Tether definition: The extent or limit of one's resources, abilities, or endurance.
