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tether
[ teth-er ]
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.
- Digital Technology. to use (an electronic device, usually a smartphone or tablet) to enable a wireless internet connection on another nearby device, often a laptop:
There's no Wi-Fi, so I'll have to tether my phone to my laptop.
verb (used without object)
- Digital Technology. to use an electronic device to enable a wireless internet connection on another device.
tether
/ ˈɛðə /
noun
- a restricting rope, chain, etc, by which an animal is tied to a particular spot
- the range of one's endurance, etc
- at the end of one's tetherdistressed or exasperated to the limit of one's endurance
verb
- tr to tie or limit with or as if with a tether
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·ٱٳ··Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of tether1
Word History and Origins
Origin of tether1
Idioms and Phrases
- at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's resources, patience, or strength.
More idioms and phrases containing tether
see end of one's rope (tether) .Example Sentences
You could, for instance, be charged for tethering your goat on a public street, fixing a leaky tap without a licence or not naming the owner of a building when asked.
Her health journey has involved swimming, lifting weights and many runs with Ollie tethered to her as her sighted guide.
"That was kind of like the end of my tether. Obviously regretted it but that is how the game got me."
All these women have done all week is snark at one another and talk behind each others’ backs, and now Laurie wants to tether her sense of self-worth to them?
Practically overnight, I had to adjust to how my new glasses slid down my nose and the way the elastics tethered to my braces snapped like rubber bands in a junk drawer.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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